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Recent Examples of scrounge
He was wrapped in a jute sack, and someone else scrounged up some clean straw bedding.
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Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
Sean McIndoe scrounged up three positive thoughts for 16 hopeless teams.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
But the problem has been the opposite, and CPW has instead scrounged to find other sources of money to pay the claims.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
Oregon didn’t have to scrounge up game film of San Diego State forward Pharaoh Compton.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
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Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
Sean McIndoe scrounged up three positive thoughts for 16 hopeless teams.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
But the problem has been the opposite, and CPW has instead scrounged to find other sources of money to pay the claims.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
Oregon didn’t have to scrounge up game film of San Diego State forward Pharaoh Compton.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for scrounge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrounge
earn
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More than 30,000 of the hair tools have been bought in the past month, which has earned it best-seller status at Amazon.—
Rylee Johnston,
PEOPLE,
12 Dec. 2025
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What the extensions were doing behind the scenes Once activated, the extensions injected tracking code into real links to earn revenue from user purchases.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Scrounge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrounge. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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