I. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Shrimp boats can trawl continuously for hours at a time.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Are we herrings to be trawled in long nets by Saint Peter?
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As the Rattlesnake beat across the seas, Huxley trawled for specimens of sea creatures using an improvised net.
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Have you been trawling the sales and picking up every urn and tub that caught your fancy?
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He trawls for advice and information from dozens of people, who find themselves invited to Kensington Palace quite out of the blue.
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I trawled a few opinions at dinner with friends the other night and nothing much was forthcoming.
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Important loans have been trawled from all the major international collections.
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Mark's eyes trawl the room.
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Noses trawl along the formica sideboards hoovering up powder.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A trawl I made through three small-ad market place papers yielded around four pages of diesel cars per 300-400 page issue.
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After a trawl through its shortlist, a further three prospective sites were added to the already chosen Elstow.
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Among this lot, the emotional trawl was a bit more of a mixed bag.
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And as Mike Rowbottom reports, it seems that a trawl around the attic can turn out to be very profitable.
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And the trawl for tax dodgers also threw up other misdemeanours.
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Crinoids are brought up in trawls from the deep sea several thousand at a time.
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Did I look like a hooker on the trawl ?
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Officers worked with the yachting, boating and fishing communities in a constant trawl for information.