Words similar to grubbing

Example sentences for: grubbing

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No more rejections from picky academic journals or grubbing for sabbatical time.
It is not a word I use, but I recently heard a Canadian broadcaster use it, and that has set me to delving and grubbing in dictionaries and other reference books.