rummage

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

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

We also watched a nurse rummage through a medical waste disposal box without sterile gloves.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 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

It even invited you to come back later and rummage through what you’d learned.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

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

An hour in, the setup is still going on as Rom rummages through old photographs, putting together connections the audience has never been privy to.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2023

At one point he rummages through his apron to pull out a tiny square of red fabric — a matador’s cloth in miniature — which he waves once, smiling, and then discards on the ground.

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2023

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

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2022

She rummages in her bag for a few seconds and pulls out a small box.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

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

The trial was told how paramedics rummaged through drawers and blood was transferred to a light switch.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025

A homeless man rummaged around a trash can across the street from the old stone and brick jail, known as “The Bastille.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024

He went to the closet and rummaged in the back, the old overcoats and bagged dresses inside muffling his voice.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

In the garage, he begins rummaging through the shelves, looking for something that might pass as a blanket.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 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

The Framers feared officers rummaging through homes and papers because they understood something permanent about institutional power.

From Slate ● May 20, 2026

A new study found the masked mammals known for rummaging rubbish bins for easy food, are evolving and getting comfortable around humans.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025

Roy Lee was rummaging through the cupboard in the kitchen when my mother found him.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam