as in searched
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
I've been dredging my memory bank, and I simply can't remember her name
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After recapturing Jerusalem’s Holy Temple, which had been converted into a place of idol worship, the website says, the Maccabees searched for pure oil with which to light the Temple menorah.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Detroit Free Press,
24 Dec. 2024 -
After later receiving a 911 call from the teenagers, other transit officers identified the man on another subway train and radioed ahead to the next station, where more officers kept the train doors closed, searched each car and ultimately apprehended him without incident, Gulotta said.—
Susan Haigh,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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Alon-Lee Green, the founding co-director of Standing Together, a progressive grassroots movement, told CNN that young people aren’t at fault for the extremist attitudes that are dividing wider Israeli society.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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That policy was targeted last year in a letter sent to Disney’s top brass by America First Legal Foundation, a conservative group founded by White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Mar. 2025
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Diamant and Kafka combed the park for it to no avail.—
Carlos Valladares,
ARTnews.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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Even better, the researchers at GreenLight Biosciences combed through bioinformatic databases to find just the right gene to disrupt to avoid collateral damage to honeybees and other harmless species.—
Andrew Rosenblum,
Popular Science,
26 Dec. 2024
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Out of the 21 industries surveyed, 17 logged higher activity than the month before, including aviation, transportation and telecommunications.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
31 Dec. 2024
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After the firm surveyed, interviewed and met with members of the department and the community at large, Police Chief Jamie Field presented a report on their findings to the council in December.—
Isha Trivedi,
The Mercury News,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Dredged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dredged. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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