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has been scrounging
  • present perfect progressive of scrounge (3rd person singular).

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For the past year, Jean Paoli, chief executive of the artificial intelligence start-up Docugami, has been scrounging for what has become the hottest commodity in tech: computer chips.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2023

Even Google has been scrounging for a way back into China, despite a highly public exit in 2010 after accusations of government censorship and intrusions by state-backed hackers.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2016