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as in eroded
to damage or diminish by continued friction
ropes abraded by the rocks were a huge danger to the climbers
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as in scratched
to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface
the yacht's once-flawless wooden hull had been badly abraded by years of rough dockings
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Just to the left of Trouvelot lies another large basin that appears even older and more heavily eroded, with its rim almost completely worn away.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
6 Mar. 2026 -
On her island home in the South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu, the shoreline has visibly retreated within her short lifetime, with beaches eroded, coastal trees uprooted and some homes now barely 3 feet from the sea at high tide.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
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The Knicks would beat the Magic, but Orlando’s physicality has irritated New York over the past two seasons.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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For a long time your political cartoons published in the editorial pages have irritated me.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Jan. 2026
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Carlos Narvaez is also back in the lineup at catcher after he was scratched from Tuesday’s lineup with back tightness.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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At one point or another, everything in life gets nicked, scratched or broken — even our relationships.—
Barton Goldsmith,
AJC.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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The edge, the professionalism, the unity and the joy have all frayed just enough to lower Minnesota from truly elite to maybe just good.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
27 Feb. 2026
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But by that point, the relationship between Cousins and the team was already frayed.—
Josh Kendall,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Ireland scraped past Wales 27-17 and stayed in the Six Nations title race on Friday for at least 24 hours.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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That way, those accounts can’t be scraped up by brokers.—
Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
4 Mar. 2026
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At a recent show the ringleader wore a red dirndl with gray knee socks and black ankle boots.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Like his younger brother, Nick wore 17 in Chicago but agreed to transpose the digits in Minnesota and take 71.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
9 Mar. 2026
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Diawara dumped off a pass to Josh Hart for an easy layup, while Doncic, lying flat on his back under the basket, looked at the closest official and rubbed his fingers together as if flashing money.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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That Docter chose to single out the axeing of a minor LGBTQ storyline and use it as an example of Pixar’s therapy-esque narratives — which Docter, as a storyteller himself, is most closely associated with — has rubbed many the wrong way.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Abraded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abraded. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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