Rifle
Rifle verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.
Usage example: rifled the desk drawer in search of the insurance policy
Sort through and rifle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sort through" instead a verb "Rifle".
Sort through
Sort through verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.
Usage example: I sorted through the pile of magazines until I found the article I was looking for
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