scrounge around

Example Sentences

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“It was absolutely horrendous. We were really struggling, having to scrounge around for masks and gloves,“ says Mandi Masters, a community midwife from Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2024

The caffeine sometimes kept me from dragging, but by the late afternoon, I would inevitably hit a wall and have to scrounge around the office for dusty purse candy or a stale granola bar.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2022

I set the loaves on the counter and scrounge around my parents’ basement for airtight containers and clean cloth to soak and wrap the loaves.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2016

They will also continue to scrounge around in search of additional revenue.

From Washington Times • May 27, 2014

I'll have to scrounge around in the now-collapsed canvas to get the spare material for patching.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir