rummage

Or Root, who had to rummage around his garage to dig out his old captain's blazer.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

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

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

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

“Don’t sweat it, lad. It happens to the best of us from time to time,” he turned away and began to rummage through his bundles.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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

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

He rummages through his stash of salvaged parts in the garden shed and locates a pair of replacements.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2022

Hubert rummages in his filthy trousers, breathing hard behind his mask.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The state claimed he faked the move to dodge millions of dollars in taxes and allegedly rummaged through his trash for evidence of California residence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 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

She later discovered he had also entered her child's room and rummaged through drawers.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025

He rummaged in a basket in the corner and pulled out a couple of yards of plaid fabric.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

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

I hear my mom rummaging through the kitchen, saying something about peanut butter going bad.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya