as in searched
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
the owner of the bed-and-breakfast often trolls antique stores for furniture and knickknacks
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Recent Examples of trolled
At the same time, trolled relentlessly before his September 2024 arrest.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2025
Lamar fans also trolled Drake over the weekend after the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2025
Rap star Drake trolled Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani after the Toronto Blue Jays took a 3-2 series lead in the World Series.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
The pope trolled a Chicago Cubs fan.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
The Jets are now 3-14 in their last 17 games, a full season's worth, and one person trolled the organization on social media Monday.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
In August, Everyone Hates Elon trolled Vice President JD Vance during his family's trip to the Cotswolds.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
In a video from the post-game celebration, TCU senior safety Bud Clark trolled the rookie college football coach — and his off-the-field partner, Jordon Hudson.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Quick hits The Los Angeles Rams trolled Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh after the Rams' preseason victory.
—Christian Romo, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trolled
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Officers searched the home, but Melodee was nowhere to be found.—
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Detective Jeremiah Hanson reached out to the Mid-States Organized Crime Information Center, a group of nine states that shared law-enforcement data, and asked for a historical record of every time someone had searched Ryan’s name—during a traffic stop, for example.—
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However, former Federal Air Marshal Peter Johnson — who founded Archway Defense, which has trained state, local and federal law enforcement in firearms for the past decade — told WCCO the street is not the place to challenge a federal agent's orders.—
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The OpenSnow reporting and forecasting service is predicting four to eight additional inches at many resorts between Wednesday evening and Friday morning, although founding meteorologist Joel Gratz acknowledged that the weather models for this system have been a bit confounding.—
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My eyes scanned the crowd for Leo.—
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The State Election Board later concluded last year that Fulton County likely scanned more than 3,000 ballots twice during the recount.—
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After Shirley posted the video, the Minneapolis Star Tribune visited the same day-care centers and also combed through court filings and state enforcement records.—
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The host's hair was styled in his usual gelled-up 'do, combed up in the front and partly off to the side.—
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“Trolled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trolled. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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