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as in cutting down
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as in garotting
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scragging
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Experts, however, are wary that users are taking out too many loans and could become overwhelmed with payments.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025 -
Unsurprisingly, Haas & Mehta cruised into the gold medal match from the top half after taking out the bracket favorite.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Squeezing Russia’s oil revenues via secondary tariffs also means throttling the flow of its oil into global markets where prices are set.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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This makes the White House’s view — that tight money is throttling the economy and a cut in interest rates of three percentage points is needed — perplexing.—
Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
5 Aug. 2025
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Its marketing materials show robots handing an apple to a human, making coffee, putting away groceries and dishes, pouring drinks, and watering plants.—
Maya Cakmak,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Sep. 2025
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That's based on 20% of average statewide earnings, but most people are putting away closer to $601, the company said.—
Russ Wiles,
AZCentral.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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All in all, the Ferrand II collaboration is a standout example of what happens when blending and finishing all hit their mark.—
Andy Vasoyan,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Or at least that was the easy answer in 2021 and 2022, when Georgia was finishing four years of ranking in the top two nationally in run defense.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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Distilled water was slowly poured in the sand bed, carrying off the brownish tannic acids.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
26 July 2025
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The Chargers, fresh from knocking off the AFC defending champion Kansas City Chiefs in Brazil, are eager to win one stateside.—
Jay Paris,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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But despite struggling to move the ball and/or score points for most of the year, Michigan finished strong last fall, knocking off Ohio State in the regular season finale and Alabama in the ReliaQuest Bowl to close the campaign on a high note.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Sep. 2025
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In 1935, Qassam and two of his followers ambushed a group of British Mandate policemen, murdering a Jewish sergeant.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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In 1981, James Reyos, a gay Apache man, was wrongly convicted of murdering a priest.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
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To avoid wasting time and money, leaders need a simple rule.—
Rishit Lakhani,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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But slow oxygen chemistry has remained a stubborn bottleneck, wasting energy and shortening battery life.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Scragging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scragging. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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