flip through
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Now it’s like watching someone flip through the pages of the menu at the Cheesecake Factory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Then she grabbed her Bible, pretended to flip through it and said, “Let me just check. Yes!”
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
And even after 16 seasons, the cast says they are just as excited to flip through new scripts and record episodes together as they were when they started.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2025
Among them facsimiles of relevant ephemera are bound in mismatching formats: foldout drawings, transparencies, die-cuttings and pamphlets whose archival relevance you must flip through to ascertain.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
He had started to flip through her papers when his coworker slid into the chair beside him.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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