as in searched
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
I sorted through the pile of magazines until I found the article I was looking for
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British police searched two homes linked to Peter Mandelson on Friday investigating alleged misconduct in public office over leaked government secrets to Jeffrey Epstein.—
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026 -
Bernier said schools had not been searched as of that evening.—
Steve Patterson,
Florida Times-Union,
6 Feb. 2026
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Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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In 1916, the Tri-State/Denver Buddhist Temple, also known as the Denver Buddhist Church at the time, was founded at 1950 Lawrence St.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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With the exception of air travel, Americans have not previously had their faces routinely scanned by the government.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
6 Feb. 2026
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Then one held his cellphone inches from Martinez’s face and scanned his features, capturing the shape of his eyes, the curves of his lips, the exact quadrants of his cheeks.—
Garance Burke,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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But before the country could commemorate him, and ahead of his funeral Wednesday, forensic teams combed a cemetery in northern Gaza, working to locate, exhume and identify his remains as part of a broad effort involving search teams, intelligence officers and forensic dentists.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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To help verify the deportees' stories for Human Rights Watch, the team of students combed through open source data for weeks.—
Mirella Brussani,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Sorted (through).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorted%20%28through%29. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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