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Verb
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In a phone call with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette shortly after the petition was filed, Richardson mostly declined to comment on his own health and the recall effort.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Oct. 2025 -
The controversial mogul recently filed to serve his jail time in a New Jersey facility for a few specific reasons.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Lightly coat a sheet of aluminum foil with cooking spray, and place foil, coated side down, over lasagna dish.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
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Air flows through modular containers filled with these coated filters.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Ricci scraped together a $27,000 loan, but still came up $500 short.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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Cindric scraped the outside wall on his qualifying lap and will start 26th.—
Reid Spencer,
Kansas City Star,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But ground teams detected the helium leak in Starliner's service module in the aftermath of the scrubbed countdown.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
25 May 2024
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There were no young girls floating by in elegant dresses, no scrubbed and spoiled children dressed in their finery and dragged toward churches and pagodas, no whisper of music drifting out of windows.—
Chantha Nguon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2024
Verb
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During their journey, their time for climbing Colorado’s 53 14ers—a mere 33 days—shaved more than 21 days from the previous speed record.—
Outside,
Outside,
25 Sep. 2025
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The fallout, which sparked criticisms that Disney was caving on free-speech issues and drew some threats from Hollywood talent to stop working with the company, shaved more than $4 billion off its market value last week.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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All other produce can be gently rubbed while being rinsed.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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The female nurse rubbed the glove over her sides, into the folds, on the back of her neck.—
Laura Vazquez,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The dress also grazed the red carpet at the time, indicating that Roberts has since had the gown hemmed.—
Starr Bowenbank,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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In the distance, cows grazed on rolling meadows.—
Siobhan Reid,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Every summer for the last decade, Mike Sullivan and his coaching staff have scoured video of teams around the NHL before gathering to share their observations.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Crews scoured the area but found nothing.—
Madison Smalstig,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Sandpapered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandpapered. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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