rummage
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Jouppi swore he had no idea; bush pilots do not rummage through their passengers’ bags.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
That’s why I find myself reaching for them whenever a dish needs a little herbal brightness without requiring me to rummage through half the spice cabinet.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
As it grew, the change in takings had been "huge," she said, as people love to rummage, love a bargain and the stock catches their eye as they drive past.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
The Dominican nuns who run the kitchen prepare food for about 80 elderly or destitute people -- growing numbers of Cubans are forced to rummage through garbage bins for food -- each day.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
Then he let her rummage through his desk drawers, rearranging them however she liked.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
Deiri Fayyad rummages through dustbins in the Lebanese capital Beirut in search of plastics and other discarded materials to be recycled.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2023
An hour in, the setup is still going on as Rom rummages through old photographs, putting together connections the audience has never been privy to.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
He rummages through his stash of salvaged parts in the garden shed and locates a pair of replacements.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2022
“The artist rummages through the world, attends lovingly on everyday things and tells their story,” Han writes.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
He rummages inside the box of cookies and takes out a broken one.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
“It is more wild than I expected,” he said as his partner rummaged for coins in her purse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
She rummaged around for a second and suggested a triangle with an exclamation point in it, which would signal a bit of excitement but clear danger too.
From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2025
The trial was told how paramedics rummaged through drawers and blood was transferred to a light switch.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
Sitting in his spartan room in Astana, Kazakhstan, Yevgeny rummaged through a cardboard box that holds the things he thought to save.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
I’m going to try to call him, she said, backing out of the kitchen as she rummaged in her pocket for her phone.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
They were both rummaging for treasure at one of the junk stalls.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
At the warehouse in Bangkok's Nonthaburi suburb, the sound of people rummaging through products and plastic crates clattering against shopping carts echoes through the building.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
The Framers feared officers rummaging through homes and papers because they understood something permanent about institutional power.
From Slate ● May 20, 2026
They must bob for apples and drop them into a bucket next to their basin before rummaging through a measly pile of autumn-colored leaves in search of a golden leaf.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025
Roy Lee was rummaging through the cupboard in the kitchen when my mother found him.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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