leaf through
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In your own kitchen, leaf through old family cookbooks or memory-laden recipes and see which ones could use a gentle refresh.
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025
You can leaf through the full list here, with the latest additions shown in bold.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024
Some city ordinances weren’t even indexed, forcing Birch and Karabian to leaf through the longhand lawbooks page by page, wearing special archival gloves.
From Slate • Aug. 31, 2023
At their home in Enniskillen, in County Fermanagh, Pete and Sadie Keogh leaf through the photo album which was put together by his friends and football teammates in Leeds, where he had settled to work.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2021
I watched Nadia quickly leaf through the book she held in her hand, then go check it out.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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