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as in grits
to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound
she scraped her fingernails across the chalkboard to get everyone's attention
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Recent Examples of scrapes
Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 May 2026
Students were left with bruises, scrapes or other injuries in nearly a quarter of the 450 cases reviewed by reporters.
—Clare Amari, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Cosmetic damage Dings, scrapes, scratches, and marks are typically not covered by car warranties.
—Kate Tully Ellsworth, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Due to the incidents, eight people were injured, including bruising, scrapes and a fractured arm, according to the recall notice.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
At a June 12 protest, a federal agent shoved freelance journalist Anna Sophia Moltke to the ground, causing sprains on her left arm and leg and deep scrapes to her hip and knee that have since scarred.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Police said the victim sustained visible injuries to his hand and reported additional pain and possible scrapes to his shin.
—Stepheny Price , Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2026
This day's aches and scrapes might last a little longer.
—CBS News, 1 May 2026
Rappers have been using scrapes with violence and death as promotional material forever.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026
Paris Wilson, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2026
All these ideas and connections sort of gradually built up in the same way that Yoriko, the sculptor, gradually adds clay to her model — and then scrapes some off again, and then adds new bits.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
Avery Sullivan, with whom Morris also plays in the country-rock band Fust, keeps loose time on drums, tapping the snare like someone setting down coffee mugs while Libby Rodenbough scrapes out a few melody lines on her fiddle and colors empty spaces with some ghostly tremolo.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 1 Apr. 2026
To show me, Max reaches a metal pick into a tank of clear water and scrapes a white line that seems to hover in the center of the tank.
—Blair Braverman, Outside, 3 Mar. 2026
Meyer helped design a tracking system that scrapes data from Zillow to detect price hikes greater than 10%.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Kgasi makes his way down to one of the vertical surfaces of the pit and scrapes it gently.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 4 Feb. 2026
With a palette knife, Callie Siskel scrapes at the raw face of elegy, revealing interior forms on a canvas where the poet’s father lives beyond death.
—Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 26 Nov. 2025
But the legendary key party scene only scrapes the surface, and the film's blue-gray moodiness is downright enveloping, not to mention its brutally honest depiction of family ties.
—Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 2025
Noun
Harrison Ford As most pop culture enthusiasts know, Harrison Ford is best known for playing an expert pilot in the Star Wars franchise, with his character Han Solo navigating the Millennium Falcon through a number of scrapes.
—Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 May 2026
Students were left with bruises, scrapes or other injuries in nearly a quarter of the 450 cases reviewed by reporters.
—Clare Amari, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Cosmetic damage Dings, scrapes, scratches, and marks are typically not covered by car warranties.
—Kate Tully Ellsworth, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Due to the incidents, eight people were injured, including bruising, scrapes and a fractured arm, according to the recall notice.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
At a June 12 protest, a federal agent shoved freelance journalist Anna Sophia Moltke to the ground, causing sprains on her left arm and leg and deep scrapes to her hip and knee that have since scarred.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Police said the victim sustained visible injuries to his hand and reported additional pain and possible scrapes to his shin.
—Stepheny Price , Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2026
This day's aches and scrapes might last a little longer.
—CBS News, 1 May 2026
Rappers have been using scrapes with violence and death as promotional material forever.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
The structured silhouette and clean lines feel refined without being flashy, while the durable leather withstands scrapes from branches and changing weather.
—Paris Wilson, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2026
All these ideas and connections sort of gradually built up in the same way that Yoriko, the sculptor, gradually adds clay to her model — and then scrapes some off again, and then adds new bits.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
Avery Sullivan, with whom Morris also plays in the country-rock band Fust, keeps loose time on drums, tapping the snare like someone setting down coffee mugs while Libby Rodenbough scrapes out a few melody lines on her fiddle and colors empty spaces with some ghostly tremolo.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 1 Apr. 2026
To show me, Max reaches a metal pick into a tank of clear water and scrapes a white line that seems to hover in the center of the tank.
—Blair Braverman, Outside, 3 Mar. 2026
Meyer helped design a tracking system that scrapes data from Zillow to detect price hikes greater than 10%.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Kgasi makes his way down to one of the vertical surfaces of the pit and scrapes it gently.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 4 Feb. 2026
With a palette knife, Callie Siskel scrapes at the raw face of elegy, revealing interior forms on a canvas where the poet’s father lives beyond death.
—Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 26 Nov. 2025
But the legendary key party scene only scrapes the surface, and the film's blue-gray moodiness is downright enveloping, not to mention its brutally honest depiction of family ties.
—Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrapes
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His encounters include an apparently mute teen acrobat played by Kinski, who appears topless in a scene.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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The Residents Medical model weaves USMLE preparation throughout the candidate's overall pathway, allowing clinical encounters to reinforce academic concepts and academic study to deepen clinical understanding.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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Like the experimental teeth, the ones from Neanderthal archaeological sites had the same overlapping small fractures, shallow indentations, and shallow scratches.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
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An upper-body injury knocked him out for a significant period but there were also healthy scratches mixed in.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Newlywed wife Jesni Fiji, knocked out from the tragic crash and reportedly surviving with no broken bones and just cuts and bruises, awoke Saturday morning in shock and horror over what surrounded her, including her new husband Dave Fiji's body, the groom's father told Atlanta News First (ANF).—
Eric Mack,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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The truck owner grabbed onto the passenger’s side door to try and stop the theft, but was dragged at least a half-block before falling off and suffering numerous cuts and bruises.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
1 June 2026
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“Scrapes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrapes. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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