as in flipping
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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Holding on to the players who committed — and potentially flipping a player or two from someone else’s class — is the objective now.
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Kean was elected to Congress for his first term beginning in 2023, flipping a district that was represented by former Democratic Congressman Tom Malinowski.
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Once devoted to chin-skimming cuts, Hadid has spent the last year growing out her hair.
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Workers were seen skimming the surface of the pool in the end nearest the World War II Memorial.
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“Riffling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riffling. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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