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Recent Examples of scrape
Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 24 June 2025
There are five primary kinds: the traditional cup nest, cavity, pendant, scrape or ground, and burrow nests.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 4 July 2025
National Weather Service radar is indicated that squall bands are starting to scrape the Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida coastlines.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
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Noun
Aside from minor scrapes, the subject was not injured during the arrest.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 24 June 2025
There are five primary kinds: the traditional cup nest, cavity, pendant, scrape or ground, and burrow nests.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
Verb
Avoid using any type of metal tool or spatula to scrape the surface.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 4 July 2025
National Weather Service radar is indicated that squall bands are starting to scrape the Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida coastlines.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrape
Noun
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Hynde at the time, had a more pleasant encounter, however.—
Gary Graff,
Billboard,
11 July 2025
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The actor, who starred in 85 episodes of the mogul's BET series The Oval, reflected on his time working with Perry in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, detailing the alleged encounters that led him to file the $260 million lawsuit.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Instead of developing its own native system from scratch, Renault uses a Google operating system.—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Writing your own code (from scratch, at least,) has become quaint.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
15 July 2025
Noun
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Marte is already on the IL with a bone bruise in his right knee, the same one that required an injection in spring training.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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This is the despair of wrestlers: unredeemed perspiration, useless bruises.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
6 July 2025
Verb
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Opened by chef Alisa Reynolds in 2013, the restaurant became a neighborhood favorite thanks to a Southern comfort menu that’s informed by Reynolds’ L.A. upbringing, including turkey meatloaf, grit fries and BLT sandwiches with fried green tomatoes.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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Perhaps our best hope right now might be to grit our teeth about AGI as a north star, push the AI community to realize the dangers and pitfalls therein, and do our darnedest to overcome the downsides.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
Noun
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With a soft hand brush or sponge, loosen dirt in a circular motion, moving across the wall from one side to the other, then moving down one line of tile and across.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
14 July 2025
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Clear away brush and dense vegetation to discourage coyotes from hiding in those areas.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
14 July 2025
Noun
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The fabric performed very well in our abrasion test, and didn’t develop any pilling, thinning, or loose threads whatsoever.—
Kathleen Felton,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 June 2025
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The abrasion test showed no tears or holes, with only slight color fading.—
Carrie Honaker,
Southern Living,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Chaos unfolded at Antioch High School at 11:09 a.m. Wednesday as a 17-year-old male student armed with a pistol opened fire in the cafeteria, fatally wounding a 16-year-old girl and leaving another male student with a graze wound.—
Rachel Wegner,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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The 25-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and was taken to UC in good condition, while the 40-year-old victim suffered a graze wound to the head, according to police.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2025
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“Scrape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrape. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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