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

That’s why some of us eavesdrop, sneak into closets and rummage through dresser drawers in secret.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

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 kids are not going to rummage around and look at use by dates, but if it's at the front I know that's the one that needs using first."

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025

I rummage through the drawer, looking for Year Seven / Jenna Fox, the year where I can watch a girl who was still a child and didn’t know about expectations.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson