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noun

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Recent Examples of scathe
Verb
Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football debates always seem to scathe a few players in the new, with last Monday’s discussions centred around Newcastle forward Dwight Gayle. SI.com, 13 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scathe
Verb
  • Particularly his ability to do things at such high speed and to help begin attacking moves in his own half.
    Philipp Lahm, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Police are searching for three suspects who were caught on video repeatedly attacking a 61-year-old trans woman outside of her convenience store in Los Angeles’ Westlake neighborhood.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But the market did not and still does not account for such harms, only fossil fuel sales and use.
    Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Despite $600 million allocated by Congress to expand sewage treatment capacity, progress is outrageously slow and the harm to our communities continues.
    Phillip Musegaas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Today's top stories President Trump scolded Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday after Russia launched a deadly strike on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
  • That, in the end, is the heart of the spectacle of Noem’s militaristic videos and Leavitt’s scolding and lies.
    Constance Grady, Vox, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The two-wick design promises an even burn that never leaves wax lopsidedly pooled on one side, and every candle has at least a 40-hour burn time, according to Walmart.
    Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Many koalas endured injuries, burns and smoke inhalation in the blaze, which burned approximately 5,436 acres, according to government officials.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Have you guys been insulting each other publicly for decades?
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Richie's wife verbally attacks Maeve, even stooping so low as to look her up and down and insult her appearance.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Applying a thin layer of lawn soil might help protect the green runners from sun scald but is probably not necessary.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Wrap the trunk of very young trees to help protect them from sun scald, making sure to remove it after the last frost in spring.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • However, prosecutors allege that a drunk and angry Read knowingly slammed her SUV into her boyfriend -- Boston police officer John O'Keefe -- outside of a get-together at another officer's home and left him to die in a blizzard in January 2022.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The estate's lawsuit said Clyde Leach’s Tesla Model Y suddenly accelerated, went off the road and slammed into a pillar at an Ohio gas station.
    Mike Scarcella, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But amid the fanfare of parades, fireworks and airshows, a long-standing debate over what to call the holiday continues, a subtle acknowledgment of the lingering scars of a contentious war.
    Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Damn right, he’s got the blues… and the scars to show for it.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025

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“Scathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scathe. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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