riffle
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He revved the engine as the boat sped around a bend and up a riffle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
He makes some questionable moves himself, like allowing Vivian to riffle through the discovery documents, and the two become unlikely, close friends.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2022
Wyoming’s rivers would be difficult to monitor for enforcing closures because temperatures fluctuate widely throughout the day and from riffle to hole, said David Zafft, fish management coordinator for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2021
Then there is a closet riffle, which usually reveals when someone thinks she was her best-looking.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2020
He reached over to one of the books sitting open on the desk and began to riffle through the pages.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
The production riffles through Los Angeles specialties: crunching EDM, orchestral bombast, hair-metal guitars and confessional piano chords.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
Burned trees topple into streams, creating pools and riffles for feeding and spawning.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2022
All proved extremely willing to take dry flies cast behind rocks or into seams at the edge of riffles.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2022
Home Creek riffles through the canyon and underfoot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
He riffles the edges of his paperwork and gazes at me sadly.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
When fresh copies arrived, we riffled the pages to see whether certain changes had been made.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2022
He pulled out a cardboard box full of little metal templates for different airlines and riffled through them.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2020
At first it looks like a revelation in looseness, as if McPhee had simply riffled through his voluminous back catalog.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2018
Merriman had been researching the African-American Muslim diaspora, and she riffled through her notes.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 30, 2018
Ella riffled through her satchel and retrieved a book almost the size of her.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
An algorithm can now perform in seconds what would once have required weeks of officers riffling through papers and records.
From Slate ● May 20, 2026
Will film and television never tire of riffling through the bones of dead Kennedys?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
In the recording, the former president is heard riffling through papers and saying: "This is highly confidential".
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2023
It is there in the park where her children played when they were young, riffling through the boughs of the palo verde trees, stalking her as she tries to live her life quietly.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 1, 2022
“See this,” she announces to her new employee, Maribel Navarro, riffling her orders like a blackjack dealer.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
