as in searching
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
he raked repeatedly through his luggage, hoping that in one of the bags he would find his lost passport before his flight's departure
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Recent Examples of raking
How To Clean Cotton/Jersey Gardening Gloves Cotton makes a good all-purpose glove for raking leaves and tidying your yard.
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Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
Then comes raking the clippings, bagging them up, and hauling them to the garbage.
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Rachel Silva,
Martha Stewart,
7 June 2026
This can include flattening the hill, raking or shoveling the mound, or even using a garden hose to flood the area.
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Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
4 June 2026
Just avoid raking clover seed after planting as this covers the seeds with too much soil and reduces germination rates.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 May 2026
Its pointed corners fit into crevices for raking out hard-to-reach pet hair from the car’s interior, car mats or any other fabric surface.
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Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
15 May 2026
Tourists and scientists want to know On Thursday, three tractors spent more than an hour raking the beach at South Pointe Park in Miami Beach as beachgoers weaved around them, stepping over thick piles of sargassum that turned the shoreline water a murky brown.
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Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
9 May 2026
DomÃnguez, meanwhile, has been raking at Triple-A since missing the cut for the Yankees’ Opening Day roster.
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Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
Pau Torres’s raking pass intended for Leon Bailey fell short.
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Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
Then comes raking the clippings, bagging them up, and hauling them to the garbage.
—
Rachel Silva,
Martha Stewart,
7 June 2026
This can include flattening the hill, raking or shoveling the mound, or even using a garden hose to flood the area.
—
Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
4 June 2026
Just avoid raking clover seed after planting as this covers the seeds with too much soil and reduces germination rates.
—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 May 2026
Its pointed corners fit into crevices for raking out hard-to-reach pet hair from the car’s interior, car mats or any other fabric surface.
—
Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
15 May 2026
Tourists and scientists want to know On Thursday, three tractors spent more than an hour raking the beach at South Pointe Park in Miami Beach as beachgoers weaved around them, stepping over thick piles of sargassum that turned the shoreline water a murky brown.
—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
9 May 2026
DomÃnguez, meanwhile, has been raking at Triple-A since missing the cut for the Yankees’ Opening Day roster.
—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
Pau Torres’s raking pass intended for Leon Bailey fell short.
—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raking
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Haley Williams, a spokesperson for the police department, told the Idaho Statesman in a text message that officers are searching the area for the driver of the vehicle who fled the scene.
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To better understand what drives a young person to commit these crimes, CNN spent months searching for prior offenders willing to speak about their experience.
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Then a casual dig through an estate sale bin morphs into obsession, resulting in making bids at auctions, combing through the recesses of eBay or imploring friends in politics to snag you a piece.
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Chenoweth dug deep for clues, combing through film from Walker’s younger days.
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Nashville — Steve Crook squints through the sun, scanning his surroundings with precision.
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And by passing footage to police rather than scanning them, Gabriel positions itself to avoid responsibility for the misidentifications that follow, says Pablo Nunes, director of the Center for Studies on Public Safety and Citizenship, a non-governmental organization based in Rio de Janeiro.
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But the recent action on Anthropic, as well as asking OpenAI to limit its own newest model, comes after experts have fretted for months that Mythos could pose a security risk by giving hackers and other bad actors access to AI capable of finding and exploiting vulnerabilities exceptionally quickly.
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Good luck finding more than a few sad options hidden in a back corner at your local salon.
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“Raking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raking. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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