rummage

It happened place by place, inch by inch, a dusty disco ball left in the rummage while a Starbucks or a boutique gym rose to serve the freshly gentrified block around it.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 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

“A few. How about Perfect Petunia Petal Pink. Goodness. Say that ten times real fast. Or …” She continues to rummage through her drawer.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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

At one point he rummages through his apron to pull out a tiny square of red fabric — a matador’s cloth in miniature — which he waves once, smiling, and then discards on the ground.

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 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

While she rummages through a small bin on the bookshelf, I stare at the doodles on the wall next to me.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

“It is more wild than I expected,” he said as his partner rummaged for coins in her purse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 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

His tools sprawled across the table and onto the floor, as though rummaged through by a band of wood rats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025

The trial was told how paramedics rummaged through drawers and blood was transferred to a light switch.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025

This one, where she and her mother had rummaged through the bins for old sheets to use as curtains, was no different.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

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

They were both rummaging for treasure at one of the junk stalls.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

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

Reynie had been rummaging for an extra towel.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart