rummaging
Example Sentences
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The Framers feared officers rummaging through homes and papers because they understood something permanent about institutional power.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
Even if one of your nieces or nephews has your keys, they’re not legally supposed to go rummaging around your place and take things without proper legal permission.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026
President Trump’s order halting production of new pennies has businesses across the country rummaging in their corporate couches.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025
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
And there, shimmering in the Mist right next to us, was the last person I wanted to see: Mr. D, wearing his leopard-skin jogging suit and rummaging through the refrigerator.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
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