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  • noun Plural form of scrounge.

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Examples

  • She has to ignore the concerns and views of virtually all of the world’s scientific academies and rely on the views of oil industry-funded groups like the Fraser Institute as she scrounges for shreds of evidence to back up her contrary view of climate science.

    James Hoggan: Denial of Facts Is No Way to Understand Science James Hoggan 2011

  • Michael scrounges together props and costumes from a local Halloween shop, but it's definitely Jim who sports the most colorful ensemble.

    Movie Night at The Office 2011

  • Then in 1978, we passed Proposition 13, which still limits property taxes to 1% of assessed value, a lifesaver today as our rapacious state government scrounges for revenue rather than cuts spending.

    Prop 23 and the Green Jobs Myth T.J. Rodgers 2010

  • There is a scene early on in the series when someone scrounges up a skateboard as a birthday present for a young boy.

    Hollow Points and Cream Puffs Nancy deWolf Smith 2011

  • It's not about the cost of materials: he scrounges and scours flea markets and online auctions for things that can apply to the tables.

    Roasting Rich and Famous Marshall Heyman 2011

  • She has to ignore the concerns and views of virtually all of the world’s scientific academies and rely on the views of oil industry-funded groups like the Fraser Institute as she scrounges for shreds of evidence to back up her contrary view of climate science.

    James Hoggan: Denial of Facts Is No Way to Understand Science James Hoggan 2011

  • There is a scene early on in the series when someone scrounges up a skateboard as a birthday present for a young boy.

    Hollow Points and Cream Puffs Nancy deWolf Smith 2011

  • Riya scrounges for food from relatives, collects and sells firewood from the local forest, and begs for money outside the camp just to avoid hunger.

    Between a Crocodile and a Snake Kristy Crabtree 2010

  • Riya scrounges for food from relatives, collects and sells firewood from the local forest, and begs for money outside the camp just to avoid hunger.

    Kristy Crabtree: Between a Crocodile and a Snake 2010

  • Much of the population, however, lives in slums and scrounges for food -- some eating the creations of fast-food joints such as SecretBurgers, where the secret was "that no one knew what sort of animal protein was actually in them," Atwood writes "Soylent Green," anybody?

    Margaret Atwood Interview Mish 2010

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