peruse
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He is unlikely to donate a volume to the library at this early stage of his premiership, but if he finds time to peruse the shelves, he will find an eclectic collection.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Artificial intelligence over time can peruse the data, find patterns and change the interpretation and action layers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
If I’m traveling and visiting family, I’ll peruse their library and borrow something that seems interesting.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2026
In 2020, a house hunter in Boise, Ida., could peruse over 20 properties for sale before encountering one listed for $1 million or more.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
Free from all fear, José Arcadio Segundo dedicated himself then to peruse the manuscripts of Melquíades many times, and with so much more pleasure when he could not understand them.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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My wife peruses L.A. condo listings frequently and the two of us have periodically gone with a Los Angeles real-estate agent to see new listings.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 30, 2025
It’s a recent quiet Monday morning at a West Hollywood vegetarian restaurant where we meet and Victor, who uses they/she pronouns and identifies as queer, peruses the menu with a mix of curiosity and enthusiasm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025
The 17-year-old from Manchester enjoys deciphering the messages behind plates - phrases like YOU 105T are popular - and peruses Facebook groups where different combinations are shared.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2025
Anyone who peruses Reddit regularly can’t miss the bots: As one user commented recently, “Pay attention to a lot of the new posts—they all start off the same. ‘
From Slate ● Dec. 27, 2024
She eases over to the order window as a tall girl with a folding camping chair slung over her shoulder peruses the menu.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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It’s meant to be picked up, perused and admired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
He says he perused various theatre scripts and Second Best caught his eye.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2025
As I perused all those crazy headlines on Thursday morning, I noticed something curious.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2023
As shoppers perused the offerings up and down the street, Claytor said Books, Bites, n’ Beats, a block party/festival, “feels like home.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
For the first time in months, he perused the old pictures of his parents, smiling and waving up at him from the images, which were all he had left of them now.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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With no formal engineering background, Richardson began collecting information online, perusing old manuals, learning through trial and error.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
It's a story I first stumbled on almost a decade ago while perusing the newspaper archives – and the more I dug, the more I discovered.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
It included learning how to speed up tasks like perusing Glassdoor, where people post about their jobs, and suggested the best AI tool for each purpose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
So next time you’re in the herb aisle, perusing the verdant options, bypass the usual suspects.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2025
I nodded, and while Nan went up to the register, I went back to perusing.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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