Example Sentences
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Many of the planes are museum pieces, kept flying with scrounged parts and pluck, and stand little chance against modern warplanes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
He scrounged together stopgap university funding and outside donations to keep the operation running “on fumes,” vowing “to go down swinging.”
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2025
Who scrounged to build her home and start a small business, struggled to meet a payroll and was forced to deal with clueless bureaucrats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2024
When they emerged from their hiding places in the aftermath of the first day and scrounged for food in the following years of darkness, the world was fundamentally changed.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2024
He gave us ten minutes to dress, then he came in carrying a broom, a hammer, and a sack full of tin can lids he had scrounged somewhere.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
