gritted

past tense of grit
as in scraped
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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scraped
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  • Candle wax should be carefully scraped away with the edge of a plastic putty knife, not metal.
    Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The beauty of most D2C customer lists is that they weren’t scraped or cobbled together.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Gritted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gritted. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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