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to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
rifled the desk drawer in search of the insurance policy
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Recent Examples of rifle
Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025
But opponents of the bill pointed to the Parkland massacre, when 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz used a semi-automatic rifle to kill 17 students and faculty members.
—Tom Urban, Sun Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2025
Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 2 Mar. 2025
Ferraro kept his eye on the puck as it was dropped back to Mark Scheifele, who rifled a shot that might have resulted in his 32nd goal of the season.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
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Noun
In 2023, a man was killed during a weekend hunting trip in Kansas when a dog stepped on a rifle and discharged the gun.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025
But opponents of the bill pointed to the Parkland massacre, when 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz used a semi-automatic rifle to kill 17 students and faculty members.
—Tom Urban, Sun Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
Four minutes later, in the 54th minute, Charlotte’s Liel Abada rifled a shot from the right side of the box.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 2 Mar. 2025
Ferraro kept his eye on the puck as it was dropped back to Mark Scheifele, who rifled a shot that might have resulted in his 32nd goal of the season.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rifle
Noun
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Titans head coach Brian Callahan worked with Joe Burrow, who likes to play out of shotgun and brilliantly balances in-structure play and out-of-structure play.—
Ted Nguyen,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The sheriff shared a photo of the gun, which appears to be an antique single-shot pistol chambered to fire .410 shotgun shells.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Ann Arbor police searched his home shortly after he was fired.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
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This technology helps ensure that ads are relevant to what customers are actually searching for and browsing—unlike traditional retail media ad servers that operate independently from a retailer’s organic product recommendations.—
Kiri Masters,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Some key finds were a 4,500-year-old projectile point, animal bones in fireplaces that revealed the soldiers’ diet, and lead drippings from a task usually assigned to the women of the encampments: pouring lead into molds to create musket balls.—
Pamela Brown,
Hartford Courant,
18 Mar. 2025
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The musket ball was finally removed 17 years after Miller was wounded.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In order to find the best hydrating serums for dry skin, our team combed the market for options from top brands.—
Claire Sullivan,
WWD,
19 Mar. 2025
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Dozens of investigators from six different law enforcement agencies were combing the crime scene at the Mississippi Ridge Boarding Kennels with body cameras rolling.—
Jonathan Vigliotti,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Beretta traces its history to 1526, when Bartolomeo Beretta (d. 1565), a rifle barrel maker in the small northern Italian town of Gardone, sold 185 arquebus barrels—a handheld long gun and a forerunner to the modern rifle—to the Republic of Venice.—
Giacomo Tognini,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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The worshipers insisted on congregating to pray at the crucifix in the local church and threatened to shoot with an arquebus – a long gun used during the Renaissance period – anyone who got in their way.—
Hannah Marcus,
The Conversation,
25 Sep. 2020
Verb
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Grab your heavy-duty broom or rake and sweep debris manually wherever tidying up is needed.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
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Ready for weeding, raking, or the occasional non-gardening task, put these gloves to the test.—
Nora Taylor,
Architectural Digest,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Although a gunshot from a flintlock pistol lasts only an eye blink, the sound is composed of numerous elements: the squeeze of the trigger, the strike of the firing mechanism against the flint, the ignition of the powder, the slug’s passage through the barrel, the report, the impact.—
Alexis Soloski,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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My first rifle had been a flintlock that had been given to me by an old friend, Ed Wesson, the gunsmith.—
Outdoor Life,
Outdoor Life,
23 Nov. 2023
Noun
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First-generation matchlock rifles, tanks, and aircraft had major limitations but improved over time.—
Paul Scharre,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Feb. 2018
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Guns are a part of American life, and have been since the very beginning, from the matchlock muskets arming the earliest colonies to the Colt revolvers and Winchester rifles of the Old West to the Glock handgun of today.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
7 Mar. 2018
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“Rifle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rifle. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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