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Recent Examples of scrounge
In 2019, a woman referred to as L.R. scrounged $2,400 from friends and family and paid it to Arroyo.
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Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2025
Isla is pregnant, and Jamie scrounges out a living as a scavenger.
—ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2025
Family members would scrounge bushes for herbs that had little effect on the boy’s symptoms.
—Cynthia Tully, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Cooking gas prices have spiraled as much as 30-fold, so families are back to scrounging for wood to make fires.
—Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2025
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Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2025
Isla is pregnant, and Jamie scrounges out a living as a scavenger.
—ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2025
Family members would scrounge bushes for herbs that had little effect on the boy’s symptoms.
—Cynthia Tully, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Cooking gas prices have spiraled as much as 30-fold, so families are back to scrounging for wood to make fires.
—Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrounge
earn
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Cities are not required to assist with federal immigration law, but actively obstructing it could earn Mamdani federal charges.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
1 July 2025
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Powell’s strategy to wait for more economic data earned the ire of President Donald Trump.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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“Scrounge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrounge. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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