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"We are all more than one mistake," he said, adding that Labour was "terrified" of his popularity if they were "rifling through stories from a long time ago where I was clearly misrepresented".

From BBC

Detectives described rifling through her garbage bins for leftovers, doctors outlined the gradual but brutal decline of the victims' health, and Patterson's estranged husband emotionally explained the souring nature of their relationship.

From BBC

One by one the Aberdeen men held their nerve, not just scoring but rifling in their penalties with an authority.

From BBC

All the while, he’s surmising what he might gain by rifling through his associates’ drawers and desks.

From Salon

He’d slept in the home of the man who claims to be the new head of the Oath Keepers, rifling through his files in the middle of the night.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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