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Who scrounged to build her home and start a small business, struggled to meet a payroll and was forced to deal with clueless bureaucrats.
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Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
Those still in the dark were scrounging for ice – a commodity hard to come by – to salvage the food in their refrigerators.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
After that, some have found transportation to other cities, scrounged for a place to sleep or wandered into nearby towns like Aurora.
—Bianca Vazquez Toness, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
On Monday, about three days after Helene hit Florida as a Category 4 storm, survivors in North Carolina were scrounging for food and clean water and shuffling from shelter to shelter.
—Melissa Chan, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
Those still in the dark were scrounging for ice – a commodity hard to come by – to salvage the food in their refrigerators.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
After that, some have found transportation to other cities, scrounged for a place to sleep or wandered into nearby towns like Aurora.
—Bianca Vazquez Toness, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
On Monday, about three days after Helene hit Florida as a Category 4 storm, survivors in North Carolina were scrounging for food and clean water and shuffling from shelter to shelter.
—Melissa Chan, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Scrounge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrounge. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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