rifle through
idiom
: to search through something quickly and carelessly often in order to take or steal something
He rifled through the papers on his desk.
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The 20 or so of us move chairs, tear up cushions, rifle through her sprawl of belongings on the ground.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
Federal prosecutors said Routh spent weeks planning to kill Trump before pushing the muzzle of a rifle through the perimeter of his West Palm Beach golf course last year, near the sixth hole.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 23 Sep. 2025
Federal prosecutors say a Secret Service agent canvassing the sixth hole of Trump International Golf Club on Sept. 15, 2024, spotted the barrel of a rifle through a chain-link fence.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
On Wednesday, Westman fired a rifle through the side windows of Annunciation Catholic School’s church, aiming at children sitting in the pews, just before 8:30 a.m.
Westman was a student at Annunciation, and her mother, Mary Grace Westman, had once worked at the school.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2025
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
Federal prosecutors said Routh spent weeks planning to kill Trump before pushing the muzzle of a rifle through the perimeter of his West Palm Beach golf course last year, near the sixth hole.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 23 Sep. 2025
Federal prosecutors say a Secret Service agent canvassing the sixth hole of Trump International Golf Club on Sept. 15, 2024, spotted the barrel of a rifle through a chain-link fence.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
On Wednesday, Westman fired a rifle through the side windows of Annunciation Catholic School’s church, aiming at children sitting in the pews, just before 8:30 a.m.
Westman was a student at Annunciation, and her mother, Mary Grace Westman, had once worked at the school.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Rifle through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rifle%20through. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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