as in fumbled
to search for something blindly or uncertainly
take a minute to fish for some change to drop in the donation box
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Recent Examples of fished
While Stan and Bud fished the shore, Ed and I sat in a canoe casting into the tail of the current.
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Marc Terziev,
Outdoor Life,
25 June 2026
Because the pond has been very fished.
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Michael Schneider,
Variety,
27 May 2026
The falls are named after the Shoshone (or Shoshoni), a Native American tribe who lived in the area and fished on the Snake River.
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Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2026
Security agents fished VIPs from the crowd, among them Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and senior White House advisers Stephen Miller and Dan Scavino.
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Calvin Woodward,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
Eriksson Ek immediately fished the milestone puck out of the back of the net.
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Michael Russo,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
The story goes back to 1913 when Sen̓áḵw was a coastal village where Squamish people hunted and fished.
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Alex Mayyasi,
NPR,
27 Mar. 2026
Makassarese sailors from Celebes (Sulawesi) certainly fished off Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory, from the mid-18th century and may have done so as early as the 16th century.
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Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 Mar. 2026
Regenda’s goal came after a Sharks forecheck as Adam Gaudette fished a puck out of the corner to the right of the Oilers net and got it back to the point.
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Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
Marc Terziev,
Outdoor Life,
25 June 2026
Because the pond has been very fished.
—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
27 May 2026
The falls are named after the Shoshone (or Shoshoni), a Native American tribe who lived in the area and fished on the Snake River.
—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2026
Security agents fished VIPs from the crowd, among them Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and senior White House advisers Stephen Miller and Dan Scavino.
—
Calvin Woodward,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
Eriksson Ek immediately fished the milestone puck out of the back of the net.
—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
The story goes back to 1913 when Sen̓áḵw was a coastal village where Squamish people hunted and fished.
—
Alex Mayyasi,
NPR,
27 Mar. 2026
Makassarese sailors from Celebes (Sulawesi) certainly fished off Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory, from the mid-18th century and may have done so as early as the 16th century.
—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 Mar. 2026
Regenda’s goal came after a Sharks forecheck as Adam Gaudette fished a puck out of the corner to the right of the Oilers net and got it back to the point.
—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fished
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But in her concentration, Porsha fumbled her words, which made the Faithfuls, who were desperate for a crumb of evidence so early in the game, suspicious of her sincerity.
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Before that, Tampa Bay fumbled scoring opportunities in five of the first seven innings and stranded five overall.
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White detailed a bizarre, almost miraculous weather event that saved the outdoor fight night just as things looked grim.
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Trade the tricorn hats, bonnets and homespun shirts for flip flops, sneakers and soccer jerseys, and the intrepid revolutionaries of 1776 would have looked a lot like the people of 2026.
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Historic heat Since Thursday, heat in the East has broken at least three dozen daily high temperature records, many warmest-low-temperature records as heat reached levels that some cities haven’t experienced in more than a decade.
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Just as Argentina was set to take on Cape Verde, FIFA’s Fan Fest at Bayfront Park reached capacity.
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“Fished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fished. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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