scrounge

Example Sentences

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Meals were often cat food or whatever they could scrounge from garbage cans.

From New York Times

He eats whatever he can scrounge up, including, at one point, tropical fish.

From Washington Post

She scrounged up less than $2,000 and started Stepping Stone Theater, a nonprofit that she imagined would focus more on supporting performers of color and less on the bottom line.

From New York Times

I found myself scrounging for any scrap of data that might help, and then making decisions sometimes almost at random, often at the last minute.

From New York Times

“I could be arrested by the junta anytime if I returned to the hospital,” added the doctor, who was part of the disobedience movement and has been treating patients with supplies he has scrounged.

From Seattle Times