rifle through
idiom
: to search through something quickly and carelessly often in order to take or steal something
He rifled through the papers on his desk.
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Advertisement Prosecutors say Routh methodically plotted to kill Trump for weeks before aiming a rifle through the shrubbery as Trump played golf at his West Palm Beach country club on Sept. 15.
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Kate Payne, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
What happened: Authorities said a man stuck the barrel of a rifle through the fence at the edge of the golf course while the former president was golfing.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
Authorities said Routh, who had a GoPro camera and two backpacks, shoved the muzzle of his rifle through a chain-link fence and may have been aiming at the president when agents fired at him.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2024
The 58-year-old from Hawai'i was already charged with two gun crimes for allegedly pointing a rifle through the tree line surrounding the course at Trump International Golf Club where the Republican presidential nominee was playing a game with friends on Sept. 15.
—Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024
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Kate Payne, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
What happened: Authorities said a man stuck the barrel of a rifle through the fence at the edge of the golf course while the former president was golfing.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
Authorities said Routh, who had a GoPro camera and two backpacks, shoved the muzzle of his rifle through a chain-link fence and may have been aiming at the president when agents fired at him.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2024
The 58-year-old from Hawai'i was already charged with two gun crimes for allegedly pointing a rifle through the tree line surrounding the course at Trump International Golf Club where the Republican presidential nominee was playing a game with friends on Sept. 15.
—Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Rifle through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rifle%20through. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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