rifling
Example Sentences
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A few days later, rifling through my wallet, I passed a small red-and-gold card decorated with lucky cats and a rising sun.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Who better to tell the tale of the city than the man who has spent years rifling through its junk?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
But she has deep knowledge of women’s pay: As an economist, she spent years rifling through boxes of surveys and personnel records and tracking down data to document women’s changing role in the workplace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
And rifling marks on its driving band confirm it had been fired.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
There’d been no electricity the night before and he was uncomfortable enough with the idea of rifling through his parents’ possessions without wanting to do it by flashlight.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
