scavenge

Example Sentences

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Some will double their weight to prepare for wintertime hibernation, often scavenging for calories for up to 20 hours per day.

From Los Angeles Times

Overwhelming firepower dislodged them in June, but the militants blew the bridge connecting the two settlements as they withdrew -- using so much dynamite that there was barely a scrap left to scavenge.

From Barron's

Some researchers have suggested that humans and wolves came together almost by accident, when wolves moved to the outskirts of hunter-gatherer communities to scavenge for food.

From BBC

People walk along muddied roads scavenging the wreckage for food.

From BBC

Under the floorboards of her closet, Smith conceals “glittering refuse I had scavenged from trash bins, fragments of costume jewelry, rosary beads,” along with a blue toothbrush she’s invested with magical powers.

From Los Angeles Times