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Recent Examples of scrape
Noun
The difference between an inning-ending strikeout and a multi-run mess for the Phillies came down to a scrape on the baseball.—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
19 June 2026 Three people were in the silver Chevrolet truck, and all managed to escape with minor cuts and scrapes, the sheriff’s office said.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
4 July 2026
Verb
Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with ⅓ cup sour cream in 2 additions (about 2½ tablespoons each), scraping down bowl as needed.—ABC News,
29 June 2026 When a user asked boat-botany why New Reddit isn’t scraped as often as Old Reddit, the Reddit employee pointed to a comment by another user.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for scrape
The encounter began when Todd and Elvia Malcolm spotted a female moose near the edge of the woods in Telos Township, Maine, and pulled over hoping to snap a photo.
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Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2026
After learning that her friend Shannon’s mother has died in a car accident, Elle is suddenly facing her first real encounter with grief and, unable to sit with it, throws herself into planning the memorial, down to selecting the music.
Made-from-scratch cheesecake doesn’t seem so hard when made as cupcakes where there’s no water bath, springform pan, and long chilling time required.
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Brennan Long,
Southern Living,
3 July 2026
The report's authors said the case highlights the importance of seeking immediate medical evaluation after any direct contact with a bat, even if there is no visible bite or scratch.
The commission said there were four reports of consumers seeking medical treatment after swallowing the metal bristles, and customers were advised to stop using the products and request a replacement nylon grill brush.
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Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
3 July 2026
That tiny brush off his head – maybe even just the tips of his hair – meant Pašalić was offside and the goal was rightly ruled out.
The officer suffered fractured ribs, abrasions and bruising and was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital for treatment, police said.
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Mauricio Maldonado,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Standardized fabric-durability tests measure how many abrasion cycles a fabric withstands before showing wear, and textile-testing services could use them to estimate garment longevity and generate CPW labels next to the price.
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Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2026
Dinner and drinks take place outside the train station, but on the one million hectares of land around it, tens of thousands of merino sheep graze, with an annual shearing happening in February.
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Maryam Siddiqi,
Travel + Leisure,
30 June 2026
With their long and crescent-shaped horns, the Inyambo cows graze at the King’s Palace Museum in Nyanza and at the homes of some of Rwanda's richest people, including President Paul Kagame.
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