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as in to search
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
rifled the desk drawer in search of the insurance policy
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Zoe Sottile, CNN, 10 Sep. 2024
On Sunday, authorities recovered a vehicle and an AR-15 rifle during the search for the suspect.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 9 Sep. 2024
Craig J. Clary, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2024
While agents were rifling around the rapper’s 11,376 square foot home at 2 Star Island Drive, a Miami Herald photograph captured the chaotic scene outside.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
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Noun
The nearly 72-hour search has focused on the densely wooded area near where responders found Couch’s semi-automatic rifle, ammunition, car and a phone thought to be his.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 10 Sep. 2024
On Sunday, authorities recovered a vehicle and an AR-15 rifle during the search for the suspect.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 9 Sep. 2024
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Dulaney tied the game game at 1 when Jack Santoro rifled home a shot from 12 yards out with 7:07 left in the first quarter.
—Craig J. Clary, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2024
While agents were rifling around the rapper’s 11,376 square foot home at 2 Star Island Drive, a Miami Herald photograph captured the chaotic scene outside.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Rifle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rifle. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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