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Recent Examples of scrape
Noun
The boy bore no signs of scrapes or skin punctures, so the family initially didn’t take him for medical care.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
29 June 2026 The Dirty Beaches founder’s own saxophone and trumpet lead the players’ cut-and-pasted recordings down dark alleys of decay and introspection, backdropped by percussive bangs and scrapes that suggest the construction of some great, mysterious superstructure.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
19 June 2026
Verb
Smith remembers eating Spam three times a day while his father worked odd jobs, including driving a taxi, before eventually scraping together enough money to launch a mail-order hosiery business.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
29 July 2026 For stubborn residue, use a plastic scraper held at a low angle to gently scrape away the residue.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for scrape
Grayson was accompanied by another deputy who had his body camera switched on throughout the encounter.
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Jerry Nowicki,
CBS News,
31 July 2026
Among other notable encounters, William can be seen sharing a ride on an iconic London bus with his friend Robert Irwin to attend the Earthshot Prize Impact Assembly.
The most recent experiments there had at last demonstrated the viability of a weapon that could wipe out entire enemy populations without leaving a scratch on their infrastructure.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
25 July 2026
One of the standout pieces in Galecki’s room is a yellow chair with visible scratches, rips and worn fabric.
Around the dozens of containers that make Toolik the US’s largest research station in the Arctic, musk ox and caribou graze on dwarf birches and fragrant labrador tea, while Arctic ground squirrels pop out of their burrows to survey the tundra.
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Denise Hruby,
Miami Herald,
31 July 2026
The 13-year-old suffered a graze wound to both his calves and was taken to Comer Children's Hospital in good condition.
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