さぐる
to probe, to search into
The hand goes in somewhere deep and feels about for whatever is down there. The same saga さぐ as 探す, only quieter. Every country is at it: さぐる.
探す さがす is looking for a thing you already know you want. 探る is feeling around to find out what there is.
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