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Messiah, the couple’s 2-year-old son, is rummaging through the utensil drawer in the family’s open-concept kitchen on the ground floor of their two-story Inglewood home.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2023

Now, in a regionwide scavenger hunt, a pair of historians is rummaging through New England church basements and attics, file cabinets, safes and even coat closets, searching for these records of early American life.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2014

He’s just finished a practice session in Atlanta’s midday heat and is rummaging through his suitcase looking for a bottle of electrolyte pills.

From BusinessWeek • Aug. 22, 2013

Somewhere, John Daly, long considered golf's leader in the clubhouse for bad fashion, is rummaging through his closet for a response.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2013

The other is rummaging amid the elegant trifles which decorate the table.

From Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 by Various