RIFFLED Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

riffled

verb

past tense of riffle

as in flipped

to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner Web research is convenient but doesn't offer the tactile pleasures of riffling through heavy old books

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Recent Examples of riffled Under cover of awkward teen dancing, the pair slipped into the library, riffled through the card catalog, and discovered, in addition to Soul on Ice, eight other volumes in PONY-U perdition. — Literary Hub, 25 June 2026

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Worse, the fragmentation of DNA in the ancient samples gives an imperfect record of which of those regulatory switches are to be flipped which way.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Oct. 2026
The Dodgers swept the Brewers in last year’s NLCS, but with Los Angeles injured and a year older, the script has flipped to this point.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026

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For those who live in a city within Adams County or believe the card was skimmed in that city, please contact that jurisdiction.

— Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Over the Fourth of July weekend, a series of storms skimmed the south of the city, pummeling Coney Island and the Rockaways with sand and sending beach umbrellas spinning like tops.

— Matthew Schneier, Curbed, 27 Aug. 2026

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