rummage

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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

To our benefit, Lewis and Tolkien weren’t content to rummage around for these ideals in dust-covered parchment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

The passage of great TV characters bequeaths to their survivors, including the audience, a rummage of questions that end up shaping their journey.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2025

Casting the US version of Strictly Come Dancing isn't the bargain-bin, back-end-of-the alphabet rummage of some other countries either.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024

He took a battered suitcase from the gatehouse and began to rummage busily through it, mumbling to himself, “No...no...no...this won’t do...no...h-m-m-m...ah, this is fine,” he cried triumphantly, holding up a small medallion on a chain.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster