ransack
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From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2016
Ransack air, earth, and water and not one palpable exception ever has been, ever can be adduced.
From The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology by Fowler, L. N.
Ransack the old Records of all past Times and Places in thy Memory: Can’st thou not there find out some better way of Trampling?
From Witch Stories by Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn)
Try, thou state-juggler, every paltry art; Ransack the inmost closet of my heart; Swear thou'rt my friend; by that base oath make way Into my breast, and flatter to betray.
From Poetical Works by Churchill, Charles
"As for you, Peyrade, search for papers," adding in his ear, "Ransack everything, spare nothing.—Monsieur l'abbe," he said, confidentially, "I have an important communication to make to you"; and he took him into the garden.
From An Historical Mystery by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
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The Diary of Anne Frank
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"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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English Words Derived from Old Norse
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