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After that, some have found transportation to other cities, scrounged for a place to sleep or wandered into nearby towns like Aurora.
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Bianca Vazquez Toness, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
On Monday, about three days after Helene hit Florida as a Category 4 storm, survivors in North Carolina were scrounging for food and clean water and shuffling from shelter to shelter.
—Melissa Chan, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Over time, Worthy scrounged together money to start addressing the backlog, even seeking private donations as small as $5.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
The hodgepodge replacement force that Russia scrounged up in the early summer failed badly on the battlefield.
—Barry R. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 4 Jan. 2023
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Bianca Vazquez Toness, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
On Monday, about three days after Helene hit Florida as a Category 4 storm, survivors in North Carolina were scrounging for food and clean water and shuffling from shelter to shelter.
—Melissa Chan, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Over time, Worthy scrounged together money to start addressing the backlog, even seeking private donations as small as $5.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
The hodgepodge replacement force that Russia scrounged up in the early summer failed badly on the battlefield.
—Barry R. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 4 Jan. 2023
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“Scrounge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrounge. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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