RIFLED Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

rifled

verb

past tense of rifle

as in searched

to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something rifled the desk drawer in search of the insurance policy

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Recent Examples of rifled His second attempt rifled across the box, just over a defender’s head and onto the foot of Jhon Arias near the back post. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026 The Wolves forward took a touch towards goal and rifled the ball top bins. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 1 July 2026 About four minutes into the match, Manu Koné—curiously alone at the top of Norway’s box—trapped a clearance attempt and rifled a shot on goal, which Norway’s keeper, Egil Selvik, diving, punched away. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 27 June 2026 Vinícius exchanged passes with Bruno Guimarães on the left flank, took touches to make space and rifled a right-footed shot past the outstretched arm of Yassine Bounou for his 10th international goal. — CBS News, 13 June 2026 Vinícius exchanged passes with Bruno Guimarães on the left flank, took a few touches to cut around Neil El Aynaoui and rifled a right-footed shot past the outstretched arm of Yassine Bounou for his 10th international goal. — ABC News, 13 June 2026 Fisher then dangled past a series of defenders, and rifled a shot on net. — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 2 June 2026 Nathan MacKinnon rifled in a goal, tacked on an empty-netter and assisted on another tally by Devon Toews, whose defense partner, Cale Makar, also scored. — Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026 Josh Eernisse picked the puck out of a faceoff scrum at the right dot and rifled a wrist shot into the top corner to even the score. — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026

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On July 12, dive team members with California State Parks searched Doane Pond but did not find her.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Departments can choose what types of cases can be searched for by other departments.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026

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Instead, a camera from Clear, the facial recognition company, scanned my face and the gate opened.

— Andrew Zucker, Vanity Fair, 14 Aug. 2026
The researchers scanned the brains of eight dogs — six border collies, a labrador and a golden retriever — while showing them images of strangers with either a happy or a neutral expression.

— Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

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As for other homegrown brands, Moonglaze, founded by makeup artist Yara Alnamlah, launched at Sephora Middle East earlier this year, the first Saudi brand to launch at the retailer.

— Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
The Gwangju Biennale was founded in 1994 to commemorate the 1980 Gwangju Uprising, during which hundreds of civilians were killed during a protest against the authoritarian military government’s brutal crackdown on civil rights.

— Vivienne Chow, ARTnews.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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