scraping (by or through)

present participle of scrape (by or through)

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Verb
  • Still, Republicans and Democrats are not letting the optics of fundraising or networking during a shutdown stop them from carrying on like usual.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Lee’s granddaughter, Carolyn Yim — the creator of Ply-Knits — has been carrying on the family legacy by producing some of Samuel Gui Yang’s most iconic knitwear pieces.
    Denni Hu, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Golden retrievers have long been among America's most-popular dog breeds, known for their friendly, easygoing nature, and getting along well with small kids and other canines.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The team is getting along fine without Janmark on the penalty kill, and one of the players being used is Savoie, a rookie.
    Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To prevent fungal and bacterial infections, water the money tree at the roots, not from the top, to prevent water from getting on the leaves.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The parts of California where going someplace requires getting on a highway and driving for thirty minutes feel like both Costco’s native habitat and my own.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The warmth from the Southwest will also create a drier-than-usual season with precipitation expected to be 50-74% lower than usual, making out-of-season wildfires possible, according to AccuWeather.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Last weekend, the Daily Mail published a series of photographs in which the American pop star Katy Perry was spotted making out on the upper deck of her boat, the Caravelle, with her apparent new love interest, the former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
    Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Scraping (by or through).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraping%20%28by%20or%20through%29. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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