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scroung·ing
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of scrounging in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of scrounging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of scrounging in a Sentence
We are scrounging, buying one or two gallons of gas at a time, it's completely unsustainable. I am extremely frustrated.
It was devastating for the service industry community... People were scrounging, trying to file for unemployment, trying to figure out how are they going to make their rent payment.
In the past when I was on protests, it was always people shouting out of the cars,' get a job, get a bath, get a haircut,' so, am I a dole-scrounging hippie, or am I middle class and privileged ? Just by stepping forward, somehow you become scrutinized, rather than the actual issues that count.
[One report]is that the government plans to issue bonds to finance funding shortfalls, including to infrastructure such as the Pyongyang General Hospital, and South Koreas Yonhap reported Tuesday that North Koreas Cabinet newspaper, Minju Chosun, is scrounging around for more revenue, from citizens and for businesses to fulfill their tax obligations because businesses cannot fulfill their tax obligations, the government will need to resort to deficit financing for the first time in 17 years.
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- gorroneríaSpanish
- mengemisIndonesian
- scroungingItalian
- scroungingTamil
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