scrounging

Example Sentences

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Of late, investors scrounging for stocks have preferred junk —smaller companies with poor fundamentals and exorbitant valuations—over quality companies with healthy sales and earnings growth, solid balance sheets, and more attractive prices.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

Macron’s government is currently scrounging for tens-of-billions in cost savings as it tries to rein in the government’s budget deficit, which reached 5.8% of economic output last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Friends, my family included, have been scrounging for fans, dehumidifiers, and sump pumps to lend to friends affected by the flood.

From Slate • Aug. 9, 2024

Who is the woman we meet at the beginning of “Drift,” the homeless, scrounging figure you play?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023

Computers have replaced automobiles for a certain tribe of working-class American tinker- ers who can never stop tweaking their machines and are constantly scrounging for new or used parts.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz