Dig through and Scour

Dig through

Dig through verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.
Usage example: I roughly dug through the closet looking for my shoes
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Synonyms for Dig through

Scour and dig through are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scour" instead a verb "Dig through".

Scour

Scour verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.
Usage example: the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic
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Synonyms for Scour

Dig through and scour are semantically related. You can use "Dig through" instead a verb "Scour".

Nearby Words: scoured, scouring, scourer
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