as in to flip
to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner
Web research is convenient but doesn't offer the tactile pleasures of riffling through heavy old books
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Recent Examples of riffle
Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com, 6 May 2022
Two Guns spread through madly riffling brush, the path crunching under my hiking boots going uphill.
—Chris Malloy, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 June 2020
Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 14 Mar. 2024
Beneath our breathy hollers, a river runs dark, sprays of pebble -leaping riffles instantly aloft: Corona crowns the south: Hole edged with brimming sprays of light!
—Christopher Cokinos, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2020
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Verb
Keep reading to check out more weekend deals, or head straight to Amazon to riffle through everything else that's on sale right now.
—Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com, 6 May 2022
Two Guns spread through madly riffling brush, the path crunching under my hiking boots going uphill.
—Chris Malloy, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 June 2020
Noun
Why: Rainbows spawn in the spring as soon as the water temperature breaks 40 degrees, often making redds in the riffles above pools.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 14 Mar. 2024
Beneath our breathy hollers, a river runs dark, sprays of pebble -leaping riffles instantly aloft: Corona crowns the south: Hole edged with brimming sprays of light!
—Christopher Cokinos, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riffle
Verb
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Changing light bulbs is a common household chore, especially for rooms where lights are flipped on and off frequently.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2025
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Trying to improve the frame rate by flipping on any kind of frame generation resulted in awful visual artifacts, especially during fast traversal or combat.—
Jason Evangelho,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Does the little surge of Trump dances across sports represent a wave, or at least a wavelet, of athletes declaring their allegiances for the President-elect?—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2024
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And importantly, the agency says, despite these wavelets of illness, severe outcomes like hospitalizations and deaths have been dropping since 2020 and 2021.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2024
Verb
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This is because of the increasing demands for networking and switches to connect exponentially larger clusters, from spine to leaf in the front end and back end, rack to rack and accelerator to accelerator.—
Beth Kindig,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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Such a cacophony means that the reader keeps having to leaf back to make sense of the storyline.—
Ruth Margalit,
The New York Review of Books,
30 Mar. 2023
Noun
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Instead, opt for a hydrating mist to define your curl pattern while maintaining moisture.—
Siena Gagliano,
Allure,
1 Mar. 2025
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And so, the combination of the shirt ruffle and the curls, there was a lot of frills going on.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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And in that instance, thumbs down might actually have meant spare the fellow, put your sword down.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2024
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Many thumbed their noses at the prospect of forgoing their advice and consent role, even for the president of their own party.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Firm the soil around the seed using a weighted lawn roller, which can be rented at most equipment centers.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 Mar. 2025
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Whether your goal is to look professional on a business trip or stylish on a girls’ trip, this mini lint roller will keep your clothes looking clean and crisp.—
Genevieve Cepeda,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Mar. 2025
Verb
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May is when the action really kicks off, with live music every Sunday, a Pride weekend May 17 and 18, and the semi-thawing of Lake Reveal, a high alpine lake that skiers and riders try to skim—and often sink into.—
Anna Fiorentino,
AFAR Media,
28 Feb. 2025
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The storm comes hours after a system that skimmed much of the same region with little precipitation landed harder in some parts of the East Coast.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In the scope was one of the many tiny fish bones that were found that day, probably belonging to a small comber or a wrasse.—
Paul Greenberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Dec. 2022
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The destructive combers continued to undermine dwellings near the water’s edge at West Newport Beach.—
Scott Harrison,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Sep. 2019
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“Riffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riffle. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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