sift

Reading a novel like “The Good Soldier” requires a bit of detective work—one can access the complete, factual story only by sifting through layers of deception.

To sift every pool of subprime mortgage loans took him six months, but when he was done he came out of the room and gave Eisman the news.

This period usually involves sifting through current plan coverage and thinking about any changes expected in the coming year, and comparing all that with the plans on the market.

Penchukov was in charge of a team of hackers who would sift through the infected computers to work out how best to make money from them.

She says she remembers her mother "sifting through bags of rice because there were so many rats, we'd found rat droppings in our food".