rummage

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

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

That’s why I find myself reaching for them whenever a dish needs a little herbal brightness without requiring me to rummage through half the spice cabinet.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

As it grew, the change in takings had been "huge," she said, as people love to rummage, love a bargain and the stock catches their eye as they drive past.

From BBC ● May 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

When concentrating it was his practice to finger his watch-chain and rummage abstractedly in his watchpocket.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

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

Your browser rummages through with the server, looking for a way to convince you that the page is trustworthy for a purchase.

From Slate ● Dec. 3, 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

“The artist rummages through the world, attends lovingly on everyday things and tells their story,” Han writes.

From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022

Aunt Lydia rummages in her pocket, produces a crumpled piece of paper.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

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

It has previously emerged that the weapon had been discovered by a man who often rummaged through the grocery store’s refuse to gather recyclable items.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024

Sitting in his spartan room in Astana, Kazakhstan, Yevgeny rummaged through a cardboard box that holds the things he thought to save.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

So Duane rummaged from room to room, putting together items he would like to bring back to his cave.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

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

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

She went into an adjoining room for a minute; the sounds of rummaging reached where Anya and Ivan stood on the front step.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack