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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grubbed (about)
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After the investigation was complete, authorities found out the couple had retained cremation or disposal services for a total of 11 dogs across four different businesses.
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How does Ken think customers found out about the changes that Cracker Barrel was about to ram through?
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Everyone inside the building ran down the emergency stairs.
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Byron Buxton scorched a double into the gap that Andy Pages ran down and, without stopping, whipped back to Betts as the cutoff man.
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America, whose Constitution was formulated by white men, struggled to live up to its founding ideals in the days of slavery and displacement of Native Americans.
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Dioz was co-founded by Johnny, 44, and his brother Tony in 2006.
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Hours later, as the bodies of the children were being handed over to their families, scenes of anguish unfolded outside hospitals and in the neighborhood on the outskirts of Lahore where the private tutoring center was located in a house.
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Troopers, assisted by the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office and the Fort Worth Police Department, located the suspect nearby and took him into custody without incident.
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Nathan quickly discovered that limited money forces difficult choices.
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Relatives of a woman discovered dead by her son with her neck slashed in the lobby of her Brooklyn apartment building are appealing to the public for help with funeral expenses.
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When detected in the United States, it has been linked to various types of fresh produce.
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Lineage, the tenant-operator of the warehouse, said no concentrations of ammonia were detected in the air at any time.
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Who had what — or more specifically, half of what — must be ascertained before figuring in tax and tip.
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Taylor believed there was an objectively correct productivity level that could be ascertained as certainly as gravity.
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The prosecutor’s office, taking a fresh look at the murder, learned the lead investigator shared those doubts.
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For our industry, so much still runs on personality and learned experience.
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“Grubbed (about).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubbed%20%28about%29. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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