scrounge
Example Sentences
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Meals were often cat food or whatever they could scrounge from garbage cans.
From New York Times
He eats whatever he can scrounge up, including, at one point, tropical fish.
From Washington Post
As McCormick scrounges for ballots to make up the gap with Oz, Alito’s order also could freeze a separate federal lawsuit in Pennsylvania in which McCormick is fighting to force counties to count the ballots.
From Seattle Times
McCormick’s campaign, meanwhile, has been waging a fight in court to scrounge for votes that might help him close the gap with Oz.
From Seattle Times
Hospital pharmacists that rely on GE Healthcare contrast are working the phones and scrounging for supplies.
From Washington Post
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