scrounge

Example Sentences

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Hospitals say they are scrounging for generator fuel in order to keep operating life-saving medical equipment and incubators for premature babies.

From Seattle Times

Authorities are desperately scrounging up diesel to keep them going.

From Seattle Times

They are also threatening to depose Mr. McCarthy should he turn to Democrats for assistance in scrounging together the votes he needs to avoid a shutdown.

From New York Times

He made sure his younger brother, Corey Carter, made it home safely after school and even learned to cook with whatever he could scrounge up.

From Seattle Times

“I’m always scrounging for money, living paycheck to paycheck. It’s a different kind of life.”

From Seattle Times