riffle
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He makes some questionable moves himself, like allowing Vivian to riffle through the discovery documents, and the two become unlikely, close friends.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2022
Squads of scientists have packed in 1,000 pounds of gear by mule train for riverscape surveys, counting fish in every riffle, glide and pool.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2020
We riffle through several more natural wines – all made with almost zero mechanical or chemical intervention – and they are certainly intriguing.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 14, 2017
Professional writers with deadlines, clips from The New Yorker and book contracts are spinning their own stories furiously, with the occasional trip to the nearby kitchen to riffle through the omnipresent candy bowl.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2017
As statistician Persi Diaconis has shown, six to eight riffle shuffles are usually necessary.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
The production riffles through Los Angeles specialties: crunching EDM, orchestral bombast, hair-metal guitars and confessional piano chords.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
Burned trees topple into streams, creating pools and riffles for feeding and spawning.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2022
All proved extremely willing to take dry flies cast behind rocks or into seams at the edge of riffles.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2022
Home Creek riffles through the canyon and underfoot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
He riffles through the rest of the stuff, looking for what she requested, and finds it beneath a napkin with a circular stain on it.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
"Mr. Trump would notice if somebody had riffled through them or they were not arranged in a particular way," the New York Times reporters wrote.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2023
They began running through a checklist as the cockpit recorder captured the sound of pages being riffled through.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2019
He travelled from the Caucasus Mountains to Israel and beyond, and riffled through archives, to unearth ancient ‘founder’ grape varieties.
From Nature ● May 29, 2018
Told that Mets fans might prefer a more definitive answer, he riffled through some papers on his desk and laughed.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2015
During danger she fanned out her dragon claws and riffled her red sequin scales and unfolded her coiling green stripes.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
An algorithm can now perform in seconds what would once have required weeks of officers riffling through papers and records.
From Slate ● May 20, 2026
Will film and television never tire of riffling through the bones of dead Kennedys?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
In the recording, the former president is heard riffling through papers and saying: "This is highly confidential".
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2023
It is there in the park where her children played when they were young, riffling through the boughs of the palo verde trees, stalking her as she tries to live her life quietly.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 1, 2022
He looked back at us all skeptical, then picked up his folder and started riffling through his papers again.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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