rummage

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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

Some sections developed their own microclimates due to the flow of air conditioning, forcing delegates to rummage around for jackets to keep warm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

He’d rummage for wood scraps behind a neighborhood factory with his brother and make toy cars and bows from reeds they collected.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

The passage of great TV characters bequeaths to their survivors, including the audience, a rummage of questions that end up shaping their journey.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2025

At night, he couldn’t sleep on account of the pain, and he would wake up at three o’clock in the morning, and get out of bed, and rummage around the house, looking for something.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston