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They had scrounged a small amount of fresh food for the evening meal.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2024

She said they had scrounged together their savings, leaving behind their oldest daughter, one of their mothers and their farm with a milking cow and chickens.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2022

Until Mobley took matters into his own hands, USC had scrounged together a group effort as best it could, trading roles throughout.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2022

I had scrounged up the money for a flight to get back, but I had not money for a hotel room.

From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2015

She left a pile of her things by the door: a comb, a square of polished silver that Ajarry had scrounged years ago, the pile of blue stones that Nag called her “Indian rocks.”

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead