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Recent Examples of scrounge
Visiting the contestants’ holding cell farmhouse, Gutfeld heads to the off-limits (for the cast) control room to try to scrounge up a bit more scratch.
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Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025
In 2019, a woman referred to as L.R. scrounged $2,400 from friends and family and paid it to Arroyo.
—Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2025
Isla is pregnant, and Jamie scrounges out a living as a scavenger.
—ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2025
Family members would scrounge bushes for herbs that had little effect on the boy’s symptoms.
—Cynthia Tully, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025
In 2019, a woman referred to as L.R. scrounged $2,400 from friends and family and paid it to Arroyo.
—Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2025
Isla is pregnant, and Jamie scrounges out a living as a scavenger.
—ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2025
Family members would scrounge bushes for herbs that had little effect on the boy’s symptoms.
—Cynthia Tully, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrounge
earn
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Earlier this year, five Tenet Healthcare hospitals sued a different hospital ratings organization called the Leapfrog Group after its hospitals earned low safety grades, according to the Miami Herald.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
29 July 2025
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Instead, the latest Marvel movie picks up with its titular foursome several years into their new careers, having already earned fame and respect as the only superheroes on their planet, known as Earth 828.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
29 July 2025
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“Scrounge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrounge. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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