scrounging

• Thought I'd do a bit of scrounging, for new clothes and bandages and suchlike. —  The Warslayer
• Last year alone, before GM's cash burn mandated some serious back-of the-sofa scrounging, the automaker spent over $2b on advertising. —  The Truth About Cars
• If the cell companies and other firms interesting in wireless data had enormously more bandwidth, it would be substantially easier for them to trial and roll out data services without worrying about scavenging bits and pieces and trying the most advanced, most spectrum-scrounging alternatives. —  Wi-Fi Networking News
• The Zanu-PF government has routinely used police to violently break up opposition rallies and protests against a crisis that has left many Zimbabweans scrounging for food and medicines as health and education services collapse. —  Mail & Guardian Online
• Not too far from where plush make-up vans for actors rented for Rs 10,000 a day choke movie sets in Film City, a minor issue was brought up last month: junior artistes - those who play minor roles or make up the numbers in crowd scenes - were scrounging for changing rooms and toilets. —  NAACHGAANA

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