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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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 just before 8:30 a.m., the 23-year-old shooter fired a rifle through the side windows of Annunciation Catholic School’s church, aiming at children sitting in the pews, authorities said. Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 31 Aug. 2025 The students were celebrating their first Mass of the new school year at the church on Wednesday morning when the gunman fired a rifle through its windows at the children sitting in the church pews, striking children and worshippers, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said. Janelle Griffith, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rifle through

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“Rifle through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rifle%20through. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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