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Close to two dozen hunting zones opened to rifle hunting this month, including areas in the Central Valley and Eastern Sierra.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

It was the Ruger .22-caliber rifle with a camouflage scope that Roebuck kept in the workshop behind his house.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Moments after he blows out the candle on his cake, John’s father places a rifle in his hands.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

Those handing over a revolver, for example, will be paid AUS$1,000, while an air rifle will fetch AUS$450.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

We took the rifle and went out to check, snowshoes on the deep snow, soft shuffle and silence.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

Professionals with air rifles shoot the pigeons at night in an effort to prevent droppings becoming slip hazards or causing illness, but critics say the method is inhumane.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

At the disaster sites, hundreds of national guardsmen and police stood idly by clutching their rifles and manning checkpoints, leaving residents to wonder why they weren’t grabbing shovels to help find survivors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

She touches up a manicure, rifles through her closet, blends a green juice.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026

Since 1989, California has prohibited the sale and possession of most semiautomatic rifles and pistols that can fire more than 10 shots before reloading.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

Below, we could not even hear the crack of the enemy’s rifles.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Barely four minutes after Bellingham’s second goal, the lead was cut in half when England’s defense failed to deal with a free-kick and Mexico forward Julián Quiñones rifled into the roof of the net.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Miami immediately swept upfield and a flowing move saw Rodrigo De Paul and Jordi Alba combine before Messi slipped a pass to Silvetti who rifled home to make it 3-1.

From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025

Australia scrum-half Samantha Wood had just rifled a superb 50:22 into England's red zone.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2025

After the house fell silent, they rifled through pockets of clothes inside the closet, finding a manicure kit and a ninja star inside a box of childhood mementos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025

She rifled through it, devouring a chicken leg, a piece of cheese, a handful of grapes.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

Officers searched their home for hours, rifling through personal belongings.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

In any other part of civilized society, rifling through someone else’s diary is considered an outrageous invasion of privacy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

All of Bezos’ wealth and all of Amazon’s lobbying muscle did not prevent federal agents from rifling through his employee’s home.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026

When she wasn’t glued to her phone, she was rifling through the racks at thrift stores or ordering Hello Kitty memorabilia online.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

They’re in the hut right now, hunched over slips of paper, scratching away with colored pencils, rifling through German dictionaries.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin