Verb (1)rifled the desk drawer in search of the insurance policy
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Verb
Then Josh Allen flexed in the fourth quarter — escaping the pocket for a 27-yard scramble before rifling a 28-yard touchdown pass to Dalton Kincaid one play later — to pull away for the 31-19 victory.—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025 Without Jeanty being able to rifle off chunk yardage on downs, the team will remain one-dimensional behind the arm of Smith.—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
Dixon faced multiple charges after allegedly attending protests in Durham and Charlottesville in 2017, armed with a semi-automatic rifle, though charges were later dropped.—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025 At least four people are dead and several others were injured after a man crashed a vehicle into a Michigan church, opened fire with a rifle, and set the building ablaze during Sunday service, authorities said.—Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rifle
Word History
Etymology
Verb (1)
Middle English, from Anglo-French rifler to scrape off, plunder, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German riffilōn to saw, obsolete Dutch rijffelen to scrape
Verb (2)
perhaps from French rifler to scratch, file, from Middle French, to scrape, plunder
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