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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scavenge.

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Examples

  • So he scavenges at local markets, does some sewing on his own -- and turns up again, this time with the proper supplies, wearing the requisite sweater and shorts.

    Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: The First Grader Marshall Fine 2011

  • "As an inter-dimensional carrier, dust scavenges xenochemical particles outsiders as its cores or constituents, introduces and implants them into compositions, creations and establishments..."

    Carla Leitao: Dustism, Creatures and Speculative Materialism in Architecture: An Interview With Alisa Andrasek/Biothing Carla Leitao 2012

  • NASA were concerned about the occurrence of a solar flare en route to the moon; amifostine scavenges the free radicals caused by the passage of ionising radiation through cellular matter, and thereby reduces the chances of such radicals causing irreparable cellular damage.

    Jean Toad and swimming in space-time Gordon McCabe 2009

  • I was so drawn in by the portrayal of Wall-E, that when he scavenges a part off one of his non-functioning brethren, I actually was a little appalled.

    Review: Wall-E #0 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • So he scavenges at local markets, does some sewing on his own -- and turns up again, this time with the proper supplies, wearing the requisite sweater and shorts.

    Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: The First Grader Marshall Fine 2011

  • Pierre S. du Pont IV, says she scavenges a country dump near her home in Rockland, Del., where snowdrop bulbs sometimes inadvertently get tossed out with other garden scraps, and sprout through the soil.

    Seriously Obsessed With Snowdrops Anne Marie Chaker 2010

  • Pierre S. du Pont IV, says she scavenges a country dump near her home in Rockland, Del., where snowdrop bulbs sometimes inadvertently get tossed out with other garden scraps, and sprout through the soil.

    Seriously Obsessed With Snowdrops Anne Marie Chaker 2010

  • In a classic example of anthropomorphism, Franklin felt the eagle had "a bad moral Character" because it scavenges dead carcasses and often steals the prey of other raptors such as osprey.

    David Mizejewski: Turkeys Are True Animal Oddities David Mizejewski 2010

  • Penelope Umbrico, head of Bard College's MFA photography program and creator of "5,377,183 Suns from Flickr" currently on view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, scavenges found photos, often from eBay or Flickr.

    'One Hour Photo,' at the Katzen Arts Center 2010

  • Pierre S. du Pont IV, says she scavenges a country dump near her home in Rockland, Del., where snowdrop bulbs sometimes inadvertently get tossed out with other garden scraps, and sprout through the soil.

    Seriously Obsessed With Snowdrops Anne Marie Chaker 2010

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