scrounge

as in to earn
to get with great difficulty scrounged up the money to pay his dental bills

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for scrounge
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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
  • 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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