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as in finding
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
at the last minute she rummaged a costume from the attic
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as in searching
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
he rummaged the desk drawer trying to find the spare keys
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Recent Examples of rummaging
No more rummaging through your bag to find that one ring or back of an earring!
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Gabriella Maestri, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2024
This semi-opaque set from Eagle Creek takes the guesswork out of rummaging through your bag (without exposing your dirty laundry to the world).
—Matthew Medendorp, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2024
Hours later, Tavares showed up to a Suisun City home where the woman and another local artist were hanging out, and began rummaging around the home in search of a pistol.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
Last year, Woodward went to a storage facility and began rummaging through his files in search of the lost interview.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
Junk dealer Luigi Lo Rosso discovered the canvas in 1962 while rummaging through a villa’s basement on the island of Capri.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
Gabriella Maestri, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2024
This semi-opaque set from Eagle Creek takes the guesswork out of rummaging through your bag (without exposing your dirty laundry to the world).
—Matthew Medendorp, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2024
Hours later, Tavares showed up to a Suisun City home where the woman and another local artist were hanging out, and began rummaging around the home in search of a pistol.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
Last year, Woodward went to a storage facility and began rummaging through his files in search of the lost interview.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
Junk dealer Luigi Lo Rosso discovered the canvas in 1962 while rummaging through a villa’s basement on the island of Capri.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
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Investigators are still searching for a motive in the shooting.Alexandra Banner, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Police had been searching for the gunman by utilizing diving teams in Central Park, flying helicopters, searching through security cameras in the area, maintaining drones and using dogs.Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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For instance, imagine discovering that a distant relative holds political views that clash with your own.Mark Travers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Based on a true story, the film follows a father who, in discovering that his daughter Dhukia is showing the early symptoms of leprosy, must make a devastating choice.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
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Whereas some scholars resign themselves to the rigidity of academia, Giovanni, who was an English professor at Virginia Tech until 2022, remained committed to learning new lessons.Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
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His sobering diagnosis, complete irreverence and insatiable curiosity, send him on an unexpected journey learning how to die happily and ridiculously without losing his sense of humor.Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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The remains rested there until 2015, when the Department of Defense — using DNA to do what was once inconceivable — began painstakingly identifying them and locating next of kin, many of whom had since moved and died.Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
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The scientists began their research by accessing a global influenza database and locating the genetic sequence for A/Texas/37/2024 — the strain of H5N1 bird flu found in a Texas dairy worker.Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Rummaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rummaging. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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