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Grubbing...
grub
ɡrʌb/
verb
gerund or present participle: grubbing
1.
dig or poke about in soil.
"the damage done to pastures by badgers grubbing for worms"
synonyms: dig, excavate, burrow, tunnel; More
2.
search in a clumsy and unmethodical manner.
"I began grubbing about in the waste-paper basket to find the envelope"