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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
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Smith, a 69-year-old retired executive of J.P. Morgan bank and registered Republican, told ProPublica his love of guns started as a teen when his father bought him a Remington rifle for bird hunting.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 29 Apr. 2025
Julia Andersen, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
On a wonderful counter attack in the 60th minute, Bassett found Navarro alone at the penalty spot, and the Brazilian collected the ball well before rifling it off the right post and in.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The season 1 finale of NCIS: Origins made some major progress in the romantic situation between Gibbs (Austin Stowell) and Lala (Mariel Molino), including a steamy near-kiss in a swimming pool (one derailed by Gibbs' confession about giving Lara Macy (Claire Berger) his rifle).
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Smith, a 69-year-old retired executive of J.P. Morgan bank and registered Republican, told ProPublica his love of guns started as a teen when his father bought him a Remington rifle for bird hunting.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
Former Barcelona teammates Luis Suárez and Messi quickly linked up down the middle before the number 10 sent his shot rifling into the top corner.
—Julia Andersen, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
On a wonderful counter attack in the 60th minute, Bassett found Navarro alone at the penalty spot, and the Brazilian collected the ball well before rifling it off the right post and in.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rifle
Noun
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Now the Russians are fielding an alternative drone shotgun mount which looks even simpler and more efficient.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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The Context The brothers were sentenced to life behind bars in 1996 for the shotgun killings of their father Jose Menendez and mother Kitty Menendez at their home in Beverly Hills, California.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
Verb
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Hundreds of federal, state, and local law enforcement officials are searching for the escapees.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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Media regulator Ofcom is currently searching for Channel 4’s next chair, who in turn is expected to play a pivotal role in appointing a new CEO.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
20 May 2025
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Later, Flinders interacted with the First Nations people again, this time giving them his shot belt that included musket balls, according to the release.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2025
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Seriously, watch this, there's cannons blasting, musket fire and smoke everywhere!—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Investigators continue to comb through previous jail phone recordings and believe that other incarcerated inmates or employees at the jail could face additional charges for their role assisting in theMay 16 escape and initial cover-up in the hours following the jailbreak, according to the source.—
Ryan Young,
CNN Money,
24 May 2025
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Authorities are still combing through digital evidence to determine the relationship between the shooter and victim, with Smith telling reporters the deceased did have a criminal history.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Beretta traces its history to 1526, when Bartolomeo Beretta (d. 1565), a rifle barrel maker in the small northern Italian town of Gardone, sold 185 arquebus barrels—a handheld long gun and a forerunner to the modern rifle—to the Republic of Venice.—
Giacomo Tognini,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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The worshipers insisted on congregating to pray at the crucifix in the local church and threatened to shoot with an arquebus – a long gun used during the Renaissance period – anyone who got in their way.—
Hannah Marcus,
The Conversation,
25 Sep. 2020
Verb
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Nash Core and his 11-year-old son, Parker, discovered the shark while flying a drone along the beach during a crab raking trip.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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The red-hot Trent Grisham returned to the team and the leadoff spot following paternity leave, while the raking Ben Rice occupied the three-hole for the first time this season.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Although a gunshot from a flintlock pistol lasts only an eye blink, the sound is composed of numerous elements: the squeeze of the trigger, the strike of the firing mechanism against the flint, the ignition of the powder, the slug’s passage through the barrel, the report, the impact.—
Alexis Soloski,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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My first rifle had been a flintlock that had been given to me by an old friend, Ed Wesson, the gunsmith.—
Outdoor Life,
Outdoor Life,
23 Nov. 2023
Noun
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First-generation matchlock rifles, tanks, and aircraft had major limitations but improved over time.—
Paul Scharre,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Feb. 2018
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Guns are a part of American life, and have been since the very beginning, from the matchlock muskets arming the earliest colonies to the Colt revolvers and Winchester rifles of the Old West to the Glock handgun of today.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
7 Mar. 2018
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“Rifle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rifle. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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