Example Sentences
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In retirement, I pulled it out, mooched a half-bushel of organic soybeans from an Iowa farmer friend and launched into tofu-making again.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
Parents dragged their children home from school on sledges, and students mooched their way in and out of brightly-lit malls.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026
Dawson’s one taxi was out of commission, so I mooched a ride partway and walked the rest along the Yukon River to the Whitehouse Cabins on the north edge of town.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2021
Still Arsenal mooched sideways for most of the game, probing vaguely.
From The Guardian • Dec. 6, 2020
Kevin wasn't allowed to eat sweets, so he always mooched snacks from everybody's lunchboxes.
From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene
