as in searched
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
rifled the desk drawer in search of the insurance policy
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Recent Examples of rifled
Beating one defender with a dummy, Belghali slalomed infield before beating Alexander Schlager with a high near-post finish, rifled into the Austria net.
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
About four minutes into the match, Manu Koné—curiously alone at the top of Norway’s box—trapped a clearance attempt and rifled a shot on goal, which Norway’s keeper, Egil Selvik, diving, punched away.
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Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
27 June 2026
Vinícius exchanged passes with Bruno Guimarães on the left flank, took touches to make space and rifled a right-footed shot past the outstretched arm of Yassine Bounou for his 10th international goal.
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CBS News,
13 June 2026
Vinícius exchanged passes with Bruno Guimarães on the left flank, took a few touches to cut around Neil El Aynaoui and rifled a right-footed shot past the outstretched arm of Yassine Bounou for his 10th international goal.
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ABC News,
13 June 2026
Fisher then dangled past a series of defenders, and rifled a shot on net.
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Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
2 June 2026
And the ensuing batter, Jordan Bach, rifled a 381-foot homer — his seventh of the season.
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Gary Bedore
may 23,
Kansas City Star,
23 May 2026
Nathan MacKinnon rifled in a goal, tacked on an empty-netter and assisted on another tally by Devon Toews, whose defense partner, Cale Makar, also scored.
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Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
Josh Eernisse picked the puck out of a faceoff scrum at the right dot and rifled a wrist shot into the top corner to even the score.
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Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
10 Apr. 2026
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
About four minutes into the match, Manu Koné—curiously alone at the top of Norway’s box—trapped a clearance attempt and rifled a shot on goal, which Norway’s keeper, Egil Selvik, diving, punched away.
—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
27 June 2026
Vinícius exchanged passes with Bruno Guimarães on the left flank, took touches to make space and rifled a right-footed shot past the outstretched arm of Yassine Bounou for his 10th international goal.
—
CBS News,
13 June 2026
Vinícius exchanged passes with Bruno Guimarães on the left flank, took a few touches to cut around Neil El Aynaoui and rifled a right-footed shot past the outstretched arm of Yassine Bounou for his 10th international goal.
—
ABC News,
13 June 2026
Fisher then dangled past a series of defenders, and rifled a shot on net.
—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
2 June 2026
And the ensuing batter, Jordan Bach, rifled a 381-foot homer — his seventh of the season.
—
Gary Bedore
may 23,
Kansas City Star,
23 May 2026
Nathan MacKinnon rifled in a goal, tacked on an empty-netter and assisted on another tally by Devon Toews, whose defense partner, Cale Makar, also scored.
—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
Josh Eernisse picked the puck out of a faceoff scrum at the right dot and rifled a wrist shot into the top corner to even the score.
—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rifled
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Swimming was suspended while officials searched for sharks and other dangerous marine life.
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Her doctors searched for ways to manage her stress by exposing her to various activities, including video games, serene Icelandic landscapes and an aerial silks performance.
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His site checks the popular campgrounds every 12 seconds for cancellations while less popular campgrounds are scanned often but less frequently.
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Before long, the crowd joined the thousands of other fans lining up eagerly lining up to have their tickets scanned.
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America, whose Constitution was formulated by white men, struggled to live up to its founding ideals in the days of slavery and displacement of Native Americans.
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Dioz was co-founded by Johnny, 44, and his brother Tony in 2006.
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New York City investigators combed through an empty Queens school building Tuesday after human remains were found inside its chimney, police said.
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He has been adored, sanitized, revived, pathologized, sentimentalized, and combed for polite company.
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“Rifled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rifled. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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