as in to flip
to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner
Web research is convenient but doesn't offer the tactile pleasures of riffling through heavy old books
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Recent Examples of riffle
Stefan Krajisnik, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
Keep reading to check out more weekend deals, or head straight to Amazon to riffle through everything else that's on sale right now.
—Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com, 6 May 2022
Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 22 May 2024
Hit the Soft Spots Runoff often means not only dirty water but also a much higher volume of water, so don’t be surprised if your favorite riffle or run is totally washed out.
—Tim Romano, Field & Stream, 17 Apr. 2024
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Verb
Highlight reels of 13 SEC quarterbacks Milton was the talk of the offseason after riffling passes longer than 70 yards at the Manning Passing Academy in June.
—Stefan Krajisnik, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
Keep reading to check out more weekend deals, or head straight to Amazon to riffle through everything else that's on sale right now.
—Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com, 6 May 2022
Noun
Look for pools, deep riffles, and any area that offers a current break.
—Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 22 May 2024
Hit the Soft Spots Runoff often means not only dirty water but also a much higher volume of water, so don’t be surprised if your favorite riffle or run is totally washed out.
—Tim Romano, Field & Stream, 17 Apr. 2024
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The town of London, 75 miles south of Lexington, was devastated − with entire neighborhoods razed with homes reduced to rubble, downed power lines and cars flipped and strewn onto yards.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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The intimacy coordinator would come over with an iPad and flip through new positions.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Its wavelets lap enticingly at our feet, but the breaker that might truly knock the breath out of us never comes.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2025
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For example, complex analysis is used to manipulate wavelets, or small oscillations in data.—
William Ross,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2025
Verb
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This is because of the increasing demands for networking and switches to connect exponentially larger clusters, from spine to leaf in the front end and back end, rack to rack and accelerator to accelerator.—
Beth Kindig,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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Such a cacophony means that the reader keeps having to leaf back to make sense of the storyline.—
Ruth Margalit,
The New York Review of Books,
30 Mar. 2023
Noun
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Pickens is one of the league’s best go-ball receivers and has feasted on hitches, curls and comebacks.—
Ted Nguyen,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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The Leave-In Conditioner delivers weightless hydration and frizz control, allowing curls and coils to retain moisture and definition throughout the day.—
Essence,
Essence,
13 May 2025
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The state planned to keep its gender-eligibility policy to allow biological males to compete against females in sports, thumbing its nose at President Donald Trump's executive order.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2025
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Navratilova on Thursday posed a question to Democrats as some states have continued to thumb their nose at President Donald Trump’s executive order to keep males out of girls’ and women’s sports.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the batting order for the first time after missing most of the season because of an upper-body injury, Taylor Stephens followed with a slow roller into right field — just soft enough for Bragg to beat the tag at third while Stephens stepped into second.—
Anthony De Leon,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2025
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This is where hot rollers are sold — or used to be.—
Sherry Kuehl,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2025
Verb
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Marketplace websites that act as middlemen for private sales offer some protection for buyers but also skim a fee from each sale, which can inflate prices slightly.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Just sandpipers skimming the surf, green sea turtles digging moonlit nests — and, every so often, Richard Gere strolling on the beach.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2025
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In the scope was one of the many tiny fish bones that were found that day, probably belonging to a small comber or a wrasse.—
Paul Greenberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Dec. 2022
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The destructive combers continued to undermine dwellings near the water’s edge at West Newport Beach.—
Scott Harrison,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Sep. 2019
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“Riffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riffle. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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