Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
scrounge .
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Examples
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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
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Michael scrounges together props and costumes from a local Halloween shop, but it's definitely Jim who sports the most colorful ensemble.
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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.
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There is a scene early on in the series when someone scrounges up a skateboard as a birthday present for a young boy.
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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.
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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
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There is a scene early on in the series when someone scrounges up a skateboard as a birthday present for a young boy.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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