scrape (by or through)

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Verb
  • Basini played a key role in striking TF1’s distribution deal with Netflix — the first time a European free-to-air leader will see its channels and on-demand service carried on the global streamer — starting in 2026.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Despite the new name, this laptop carries on the modern XPS redesign that first debuted in 2023.
    Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But like Milo, despite their size both breeds are noted for their good nature, being exceptionally friendly towards family and getting along well with small children.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Heath Flora likes to get along and have a good time.
    Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Hoping to better understand the demand for smutty scares, Hitchcock and his wife, Alma Reville (Olivia Williams), spend an interminable evening at the theater surrounded by people throwing popcorn and making out while the topless woman onscreen is tortured and killed in a masked man’s dungeon.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The letters were made out of white tape.
    Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But some plants just seem to have not gotten on the fall color line when genes were distributed sometime just after the Big Bang.
    Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Much will change for the Bucks when Antetokounmpo gets on the floor after recovering from COVID-19.
    Eric Nehm, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Many entry-level Ford workers, Farley also recounted at Ford Pro Accelerate, have had to take multiple jobs just to get by before the company moved them to full-time status, raising wages and offering more security.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • If Orlando pairs fierce defense with just enough scoring to get by, this could be the beginning of a special group.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Combs' case was particularly challenging, wading into the murky intersections of consent and coercion, celebrity, complex workplace dynamics and the myriad ways that people cope with trauma.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Luis Enrique has built PSG to last, with players who interchange easily and a squad deep enough to cope with a stack of absentees which itself read like a Ballon d’Or nominations list.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Scrape (by or through).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrape%20%28by%20or%20through%29. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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