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It was reported that Costner, who had scrounged up some seed financing to start making his Horizon films, wanted to spend no more than a week on the Yellowstone set for the final episodes.
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Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
In the distance, pelicans hunt for breakfast in the water and seagulls scrounge for snacks in the sand.
—Nora Heston Tarte, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Natron said in the statement that the layoff announcement came late because the company spent the summer scrounging up as many dollars as possible, hoping to avoid going under.
—Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Department of Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem was still scrounging her cosplay closet for a hard-shell Rolex when someone safely turned the turtles over.
—Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2025
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Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
In the distance, pelicans hunt for breakfast in the water and seagulls scrounge for snacks in the sand.
—Nora Heston Tarte, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Natron said in the statement that the layoff announcement came late because the company spent the summer scrounging up as many dollars as possible, hoping to avoid going under.
—Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Department of Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem was still scrounging her cosplay closet for a hard-shell Rolex when someone safely turned the turtles over.
—Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrounge
earn
Verb
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Gannett may earn revenue for audience referrals to Jackpocket services.—
USA Today staff,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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China’s Xu Mengtao and Wang Xindi both won aerial skiing gold medals in the men's and women's events this week, earning them a matching set of hardware to take home from the Milan Cortina Games.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Scrounge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrounge. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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