Example Sentences

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Now they were rummaging through Santa Monica Tobacco as though they owned the place.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2020

But, on March 15th, the F.B.I. alerted Coke executives that hackers had broken into their system and were rummaging through e-mails about the negotiation, recording keystrokes, and controlling their computers remotely.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 6, 2020

Fish and Game said in April that it planned to kill the bears that were rummaging for food in unsecured garbage and drawing groups on onlookers in Anchorage’s Government Hill neighborhood.

From Washington Times • Jun. 14, 2015

Game officials were rummaging in the net for the puck Patrick Kane slipped past Flyers goaltender Michael Leighton on a Wednesday night in Philadelphia six weeks ago.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2010

That invitation was unnecessary, for several of the lads were rummaging through the chest while others were inspecting the machine and still others were wandering through the building looking their new quarters over.

From The Boy Scout Fire Fighters by Crump, Irving