as in fumbled
to search for something blindly or uncertainly
take a minute to fish for some change to drop in the donation box
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Recent Examples of fished
And so fished with Dave Puffer and, um, and my folks were not completely irresponsible.
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Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
While Zealen fished, Serena was at the bounce house and craft area.
—Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Conley, who had not fished since summer, had all of the energy of a plutonium sphere.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 25 Jan. 2026
Baseodiscus the Eldest, or B, as it is called for short, was fished from the wild between 1996 and 1998 and kept in a tank at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
—Marina Wang, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2026
The island’s lure dates back centuries, to the earliest days of the Chitimacha tribe, who fished in its Gulf waters.
—Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
Schreiber stopped in front of the large, dirty door that was held together with metal strips, fished in his pockets for a key, and turned it twice in the lock.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
And those are the waters that generally the charter boats fished in close waters.
—Dan Morrison, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
That means, on average, about 930 people fished the river every single day of the year.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
While Zealen fished, Serena was at the bounce house and craft area.
—Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Conley, who had not fished since summer, had all of the energy of a plutonium sphere.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 25 Jan. 2026
Baseodiscus the Eldest, or B, as it is called for short, was fished from the wild between 1996 and 1998 and kept in a tank at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
—Marina Wang, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2026
The island’s lure dates back centuries, to the earliest days of the Chitimacha tribe, who fished in its Gulf waters.
—Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
Schreiber stopped in front of the large, dirty door that was held together with metal strips, fished in his pockets for a key, and turned it twice in the lock.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
And those are the waters that generally the charter boats fished in close waters.
—Dan Morrison, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
That means, on average, about 930 people fished the river every single day of the year.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fished
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Cornell fumbled with Mercader’s clothing, trying to find them.—
Josh Ireland,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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When Kahn fumbled Rivaldo’s shot from the edge of the box, Ronaldo was on hand to convert the rebound.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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The Javits Center looked dim and pale, like an aging prototype of all the other blue-glass boxes on the West Side of Manhattan, a miscalculation that never lived up to the fantasy of a riverside prism reflecting the vibrant rhythms of New York.—
Andrew Norman Wilson,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Reinforcing the defense was a key objective this offseason, especially with the retirement of Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba, but the team looked vulnerable in the counterattack.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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Relations between India and Canada reached another low point nearly 16 months ago when Trudeau and police officials went public with allegations that Indian diplomats were targeting Sikh separatists in Canada by sharing information about them with their government back home.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Quenneville reached the mark in his 1,825th game of a career highlighted by three Stanley Cup championships with the Chicago Blackhawks.—
Greg Beacham,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Fished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fished. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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