as in fumbling
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 fishing
The second one would be fishing.
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Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Nobody was fishing and farming.
—Beth D'addono, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
All fishing in Bella Vista, hook and line or bowfishing, is open only to POA members and their guests.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2025
People fishing with him have caught sturgeon over 70 inches during the prime spring months.
—Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2025
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Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Nobody was fishing and farming.
—Beth D'addono, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
All fishing in Bella Vista, hook and line or bowfishing, is open only to POA members and their guests.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2025
People fishing with him have caught sturgeon over 70 inches during the prime spring months.
—Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2025
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Then, after starting the second half by fumbling the ball away at the Rebels’ 17, the Cougars’ next two drives ended in two more Belinske-Strauss touchdown runs – the second of which came on a possession that started at the Champlin Park 1 after a high snap on a Rebels’ punt attempt.—
Frank Rajkowski,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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Boise State played an uneven first half in Tampa, fumbling twice and committing a huge penalty that gave life to a South Florida touchdown drive.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Aug. 2025
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The Red Rocketeers were looking to bounce back after a tough loss against King Phillip, but the opponent was strong.—
Zachary McMahon,
Boston Herald,
20 Sep. 2025
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Mahle views its range-extenders as far more than simple independent add-on, looking at them as one component in a holistic driving architecture in which smaller batteries can replace larger ones while still alleviating, rather than intensifying, range anxiety.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Fishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fishing. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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