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to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
rifled the desk drawer in search of the insurance policy
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Recent Examples of rifle
Alula Alderson,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2026
The brothers were allegedly looking for the man involved in the earlier altercation when police received a call indicating that one of them may have had a rifle, police said.
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026
Kairi Lowery,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2026
Fisher then dangled past a series of defenders, and rifled a shot on net.
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Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
2 June 2026
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Noun
Ramsey said Sayer then took a rifle round from his pocket and tried to put it in the shotgun, allegedly to commit suicide.
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Alula Alderson,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2026
The brothers were allegedly looking for the man involved in the earlier altercation when police received a call indicating that one of them may have had a rifle, police said.
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026
Verb
The woman’s daughter showed investigators video footage showing Robinson rifling through the woman’s drawers, selecting items and hiding them on her body.
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Kairi Lowery,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2026
Fisher then dangled past a series of defenders, and rifled a shot on net.
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Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rifle
Noun
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The autopsy determined that Wiley's cause of death was a shotgun wound to the torso, according to Crump.
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In a photo from a court document, a 12-gauge shotgun is shown inside a Rocky Ford residence inhabited by Mario Rocha.
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Prosecutors argued during the hearing that the murders were premeditated, as a cup that was in front of Benning in a photo was missing when police searched the scene.
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Kamran said rescuers were searching through the rubble after receiving reports that more children could be trapped beneath the debris.
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The first battle is a bloodbath, with the men picked off by musket fire almost at random.
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The new United States needed muskets, cannons, ammunition, uniforms, cloth, food and credit.
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Rescuers have been combing through the rubble of the hotel in a desperate attempt to save any survivors.
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New York City investigators combed through an empty Queens school building Tuesday after human remains were found inside its chimney, police said.
Noun
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Smoke billowed from his flintlock and Rhoades didn’t see where the buck ran after the shot.
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Modern gun technologies are far, far more deadly than the one-shot flintlocks of the 18th century—shouldn’t that matter?
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But the authors rake the details into a towering pile and, in the context of contingency planning, set them on fire.
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Yesterday’s man James Rodrgieuz showed there is still some light in the evening by adopting a hybrid role; dropping into the right-back slot while in possession to rake crossfield balls towards Diaz and left-back Johan Mojica.
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According to reports, the tank will come with a KNDS ASCALON 120 mm smoothbore gun with an autoloader.
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At least three states — Hawaii, Ohio and North Dakota — treat a smoothbore musket the same as an AK-47 or AR-15.
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With feverish speed and characteristic blunderbuss, President Donald Trump has given the federal government – and himself – unprecedented control over private economic decisions.
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Trump would also stop treating the Europeans as enemies with his blunderbuss tariffs.
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“Rifle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rifle. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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