rummage

Jouppi swore he had no idea; bush pilots do not rummage through their passengers’ bags.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

Its flashing lights and internet connectivity foretell a future in which kids won’t rummage around in the toy box at all, opting instead for more and more screen time.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026

The Dominican nuns who run the kitchen prepare food for about 80 elderly or destitute people -- growing numbers of Cubans are forced to rummage through garbage bins for food -- each day.

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026

Some sections developed their own microclimates due to the flow of air conditioning, forcing delegates to rummage around for jackets to keep warm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Everyday we walk with the crowd, occasionally stopping in deserted villages to rummage for food.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

Deiri Fayyad rummages through dustbins in the Lebanese capital Beirut in search of plastics and other discarded materials to be recycled.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2023

Before he does that, the attacker can be seen peering into the dark house, walking away and then returning with bags, which he rummages around in for more than two minutes.

From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2023

Your browser rummages through with the server, looking for a way to convince you that the page is trustworthy for a purchase.

From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2022

He rummages through his stash of salvaged parts in the garden shed and locates a pair of replacements.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2022

I’m curious to know what Nico is talking about, but as the bell rings, he crouches behind his desk and rummages through his backpack.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

After taking a job at the Conference Board, a business research organization, he rummaged through libraries to unearth measures of railcar freight loading and trends in short staple cotton prices since the Civil War.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

She rummaged around for a second and suggested a triangle with an exclamation point in it, which would signal a bit of excitement but clear danger too.

From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2025

His tools sprawled across the table and onto the floor, as though rummaged through by a band of wood rats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025

She later discovered he had also entered her child's room and rummaged through drawers.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025

Daoud rummaged around in the shoebox and lifted out a bottle filled with a silvery, almost-mercurial fluid.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

They were both rummaging for treasure at one of the junk stalls.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

At the warehouse in Bangkok's Nonthaburi suburb, the sound of people rummaging through products and plastic crates clattering against shopping carts echoes through the building.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

Chatrie asks whether the Constitution still remembers that lesson once the rummaging happens through data instead of drawers.

From Slate ● May 20, 2026

They must bob for apples and drop them into a bucket next to their basin before rummaging through a measly pile of autumn-colored leaves in search of a golden leaf.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025

He was already across the room, pulling the top box off a stack of cartons in the corner and rummaging in the one under it.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott