scrapes (by or through)

present tense third-person singular of scrape (by or through)

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • With a fresh margarita in hand, Josef launches into a 70-minute monologue about his Life and Times, which carries on past Nathan’s anchor-watch shift and into Coop’s.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 June 2026
  • Video appears to show Thomas driving a fist into Clark's neck before Thomas lifts herself from the scuffle and carries on play.
    Mason Leib, ABC News, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • In urban areas, municipal departments run things, while the Texas Department of Public Safety frequently manages highway collisions.
    William Jones, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026
  • The nonprofit public-private partnership manages the municipal district with services that include infrastructure planning, community engagement and more.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Even Fraser makes out with Rainbeau and Damo.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • All of them are inheriting relatively stable situations at quarterback compared to some of last year’s first-timers, but innumerable factors will impact how each of them fares this season.
    Joseph Person, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Time will tell how SpaceX fares on the market.
    CBS News, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • Her early death, after an illness that the father initially contrives to ignore then notices just in time to capture her desperation in a fine sketch, leaves Mimí utterly disoriented, yearning only to achieve a level of self-control and detachment that will spare him their tumultuous struggle.
    Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The team of graphic designers behind Meow Wolf even contrives mini comics based on these realms so readers can get a pulse of how alive these worlds are.
    Malik Peay, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Hollis buries herself in work in an attempt to escape her complicated grief, while aspiring filmmaker Caroline copes by making snarky remarks and bristling at her mom's efforts to connect.
    Clarissa Cruz, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026
  • Gemini copes through logic and distraction, while Pisces feels everything at once.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • Who gets along with whom in the British royal family seems to be a daily matter of conversation.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 26 June 2026
  • In May 2026, Meyer told PEOPLE that everyone gets along seamlessly.
    Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • That surge in demand should boost Marvell's shares as the company increasingly shifts its focus to CXL products, Arcuri added.
    Hugh Leask,Fred Imbert,Justina Lee, CNBC, 28 June 2026
  • However, curators say that framing fans as fine art intentionally shifts the perception of what a world-class museum can present.
    La'Tasha Givens, CBS News, 24 June 2026
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“Scrapes (by or through).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrapes%20%28by%20or%20through%29. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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