rifle through
idiom
: to search through something quickly and carelessly often in order to take or steal something
He rifled through the papers on his desk.
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Prosecutors say Routh plotted to kill Mr. Trump for weeks before aiming a rifle through the shrubbery as the then-Republican nominee played golf on Sept. 14, 2024, at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.
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Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2025
For three minutes each, movie lovers could enter the Criterion Closet truck to rifle through the company’s expansive archive of canonical works, plucking DVD and Blu-ray copies to purchase and take home.
—Paula Mejía, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025
Even though the team was about to get hit with a massive discovery dump, for Olympia, Billy, Sarah and Shae to rifle through.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 13 Mar. 2025
Fed up, Barbara asks Ava for help in reviving her youth, and the pair rifle through Ava’s office closet, allowing Ava to live out her movie-makeover dreams, except the end result is like watching Pretty Woman in reverse with Barbara emerging looking more like a City Girl than a grandma.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
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Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2025
For three minutes each, movie lovers could enter the Criterion Closet truck to rifle through the company’s expansive archive of canonical works, plucking DVD and Blu-ray copies to purchase and take home.
—Paula Mejía, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025
Even though the team was about to get hit with a massive discovery dump, for Olympia, Billy, Sarah and Shae to rifle through.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 13 Mar. 2025
Fed up, Barbara asks Ava for help in reviving her youth, and the pair rifle through Ava’s office closet, allowing Ava to live out her movie-makeover dreams, except the end result is like watching Pretty Woman in reverse with Barbara emerging looking more like a City Girl than a grandma.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Rifle through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rifle%20through. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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