rifle through
Example Sentences
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"No student should have to rifle through drawers looking for a crumpled certificate when they're preparing for a job interview," Skills Minister Baroness Jacqui Smith said.
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026
If that weren’t enough, the government then sent agents to rifle through her car and search her belongings.
From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025
The dinner theater is now a day care center, where children rifle through boxes of donated toys.
From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2023
I rifle through the bag that usually goes into my bag — i.e., the makeup pouch I typically throw in a tote — and fish out the essentials: my pillbox, my Chapstick, my house keys.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2022
The dad would rifle through the files in his lap, but the panic was already in his hands.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
