rummages 1 of 2

plural of rummage

rummages

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verb

present tense third-person singular of rummage

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rummages
Verb
Knapp rummages in her kitchen, eventually holding up a perfectly respectable little potato. Ari Daniel, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rummages
Verb
  • An intimate portrait of love and exhaustion that finds the comic edge in ordinary chaos.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Many of these real-life experiences end tragically, but when the musician survives and finds sobriety, the war stories don’t go away.
    Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Our shopping team searches daily for the best beauty products in the industry.
    Lily Wohlner, Allure, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Once inside, Shamos searches for sensitive data, Apple Notes, Keychain items, browser passwords, and even cryptocurrency wallets.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Our role as a retailer is to translate these shifts into experiences and assortments that resonate with how our customers live, work and express themselves.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Fiddelke faces significant challenges—revamping product assortments, enhancing stores, and upgrading technology to compete against Amazon, Walmart, and Costco.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The Intruder by Freida McFadden When a hurricane bears down on her remote cabin, Casey discovers a bloodied, knife-wielding girl outside her window and reluctantly lets her in.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The lake itself is featured as a pond in a particularly emotional scene, where Alex discovers Laura struggling in the water.
    Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Here, she's seen performing on her variety show, which featured a number of famous guests and her own musical medleys.
    Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • A lot of those songs wind up in the polka medleys.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In the series, Marie, an ambitious young woman of minor nobility, learns that her lung disease is terminal.
    Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This leads to cultural classes as the town learns about unity and breaking down barriers.
    Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And because the team has gathered genetic material from coral that appear more resistant to heat and stress, their efforts are designed to reproduce hardier varieties.
    John Otis, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Overwintering cold-sensitive bulbs such as dahlias, cannas, and gladiolus is a smart way to save money, preserve your favorite varieties, and even grow bigger blooms the following summer.
    Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In a desperate attempt to stop The Entity, President Erika Sloane (Angela Bassett) locates Ethan, who is now a rogue agent, and asks him to achieve the impossible by finding a way to shut the maniacal AI down.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Conrad eventually locates Jeremiah and manages to hand him the letter.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025

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“Rummages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rummages. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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