as in scrapes
to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound
the crash victim gritted his teeth as a way of coping with the pain
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Avery Sullivan, with whom Morris also plays in the country-rock band Fust, keeps loose time on drums, tapping the snare like someone setting down coffee mugs while Libby Rodenbough scrapes out a few melody lines on her fiddle and colors empty spaces with some ghostly tremolo.—
Jayson Greene,
Pitchfork,
1 Apr. 2026 -
To show me, Max reaches a metal pick into a tank of clear water and scrapes a white line that seems to hover in the center of the tank.—
Blair Braverman,
Outside,
3 Mar. 2026
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From a total solar eclipse lasting almost an hour to the Earth setting behind the moon, the photo dump from NASA just scratches the surface of what's to come.—
Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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This roundup of attractions just scratches the surface of things to do in Daytona Beach.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2026
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Instead of using a stick of or slices of pepperoni, the team grinds their pepperoni to bake inside their rolls.—
Elliott Harrell,
Southern Living,
2 Apr. 2026
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The all-metal body and burrs (the wheely thing that grinds the pepper) sounded promising.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Grits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grits. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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