riffle
verb (used with or without object)
to turn hastily; flutter and shift.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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But already, to make sure that Douglas is not caught with its payrolls up when contracts go down, supple-fingered girls are riffling through the work cards, neatly tabbing them, ready for the torrential layoffs.
From Time Magazine Archive
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