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Recent Examples of scrounged
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
Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrounged
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But beyond those four, a number of prospects with local ties also earned a spot among the game’s rising stars.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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Every fighter who won by KO or submission who didn’t get a $100K bonus earned an additional $25,000.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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In 2022, while Ortega-Anguiano was in state prison for the OC vehicular manslaughter conviction, federal prosecutors during the Biden administration had obtained an indictment charging Ortega-Anguiano with illegally being in the United States after being previously deported.—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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McKee and Monique Tepe were married in 2015 and divorced in 2017, according to divorce records obtained by ABC Columbus affiliate WSYX.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
23 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Scrounged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrounged. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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