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- v. present participle of grub.
Examples
“A lack of authenticity, especially out of unspecific fears, or motivated by money-grubbing, is degrading to a public official -- one ugly example is former war-hero John McCain whose mealy-mouthed cringing has turned him into an object of rightful scorn.”
“I think an unintentional result of Deferment Cheney’s money grubbing is that decent Republicans have started standing up to the extremists who have taken over their party.”
“I'm not smart enough to be an engineer, and the idea of grubbing coins in trade didn't appeal much either.”
“Nevertheless he did his part towards providing food when they all went camping up in the timberline in August, and frequently he, Banty and the Indian would go out by themselves on a three or four days 'expedition away from the main camp, "grubbing" themselves and living the lives of semi-savages.”
“He got some "grubbing" to do, and for six months kept the family in provisions.”
“Indian would go out by themselves on a three or four days 'expedition away from the main camp, "grubbing" themselves and living the lives of semi-savages.”
“New missions such as grubbing, seeding, spraying and bale collecting have been added to further challenge you.”
“A few of the tips tend toward time-honored standbys-and fairly obvious ones, to boot-such as grubbing off of your parents for free food, laundry services and perhaps even a place to live.”
“In a behavior called "grubbing," snow geese aggressively dig up underground root stalks called rhizomes.”
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