rummage
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The old and young rummage through garbage bins searching for something to eat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Jouppi swore he had no idea; bush pilots do not rummage through their passengers’ bags.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
"Here it's all laid out. They can have a look at it, they can have a rummage."
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 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
And she began to rummage for some clothes in the darkness.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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
When Alex, defying her mother and grandmother’s orders, rummages through the box, she finds an entire life that Maia has never shared with her.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 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
She lifts her bag up, sticking out her tongue like it really does weigh fifty pounds, and rummages inside for her sketchbook.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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
She later discovered he had also entered her child's room and rummaged through drawers.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025
Sean and I shoved her rompers and sleep sacks into a backpack, rummaged through our clothes and grabbed enough underwear for an indeterminable amount of time away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
A ways down she rummaged through the bag.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
At the time, resale brought to mind old, dusty clothes in the back of a closet and rummaging through thrift store racks just to put on someone else’s shoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 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
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
“Hold up,” Annie said, rummaging in the bag.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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