rummaged

verb

past tense of rummage
1
as in found
to come upon after searching, study, or effort at the last minute she rummaged a costume from the attic

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2
as in searched
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something he rummaged the desk drawer trying to find the spare keys

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Recent Examples of rummaged Police said while several vehicles appeared to have been rummaged through, no property was stolen. — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Cole rummaged through an archival box and pulled out a notebook that was no bigger than a business card. — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026 Standing on the step by the front door, her father rummaged in his mouth with his fingers, took out the candy, trailing a thread of saliva, and threw it on the dirt floor. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 Boo Mitchell rummaged around and found an old gift bottle of Four Roses bourbon given to Willie Mitchell. — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 15 May 2026 Small, phallic-looking worms rummaged through ocean-floor sediments while blind swimming beasts flung out whiplike tentacles to ensnare prey. — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 1 May 2026 The bears also rummaged through neighbors’ trash and hauled it back beneath the house. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026 The animals rummaged through neighbors’ trash and dragged it back to the den. — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2026 As this scene played outside, Jones rummaged through the metal cabinet behind me, pulling out one of his usual white Dixie Cups and filling it with vodka. — Josh Owens, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rummaged
  1. found
  2. searched
  3. discovered
  4. scanned
  5. learned
Verb
  • The sisters also founded fashion accessories label Dannijo in 2008, expanding into sports with DannijoPro.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Trump posted a video Thursday night that directly called El-Sayed a member of the group, which was founded in Egypt; his administration has designated chapters as terrorist organizations.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of found
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  • While that lawsuit was pending, Murkerson says his car’s license plate was searched multiple times in the Flock system.
    — Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The company at the center of the probe was not identified, but its premises in Romania and several homes were searched.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of searched
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  • It was discovered the hot box was not turned on soon enough prior to placing hot food in the unit.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The exact story of how coffee was discovered isn’t known for sure, but one popular legend says an Ethiopian goatherd named Kaldi noticed that when his goats ate from a red berry plant, they were infused with energy and stayed awake all night.
    — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of discovered
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  • Authorities install a chip that is scanned by machines along federal highways.
    — Steve Fisher Special Correspondent Follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers gathered 62 people who had never taken a psychedelic before, gave them 19 milligrams of psilocybin, a common psychedelic found in certain fungi, and scanned their brains.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026
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  • Debbie Zildjian, who oversees the alloy process today, learned it from her father.
    — Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Soto, the Herald learned, met with the former lawmaker in Haiti.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
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“Rummaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rummaged. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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