scrabble
verb (used with object)
to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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“The boys have been freed by bravery, incredible expertise and a word that I am scrabbling for and can now, finally, use: love,” Moore wrote in The Guardian.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 11, 2018