rummage
Example Sentences
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General warrants and writs of assistance enraged the colonies precisely because they allowed British officials to rummage through homes and businesses without individualized suspicion.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
We also watched a nurse rummage through a medical waste disposal box without sterile gloves.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 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
That’s why some of us eavesdrop, sneak into closets and rummage through dresser drawers in secret.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 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
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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