scraping (by or through)

present participle of scrape (by or through)

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Verb
  • The City of Portland’s official account also weighed in, posting that while national media painted a grim picture, daily life was carrying on as usual.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Big thanks to Betty Lin-Fisher and Baily Schulz for carrying on in our absence.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 16 Sep. 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
  • What's without question is that the longer a shutdown continues, the more pressure will be brought on essential services going to vulnerable people and federal workers getting along (either on the job or not) without pay.
    Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Everton were more aggressive in and out of possession, getting on the front foot and forcing errors.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Parker gets a crew together including an old friend (LaKeith Stanfield) and a new ally (Rosa Salazar) to steal sunken treasure coming into New York, getting on the bad side of the mob and a billionaire.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 16 Sep. 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
  • Patrick took it surprisingly well, because Kacie kept making out with him and confirming that her choice had nothing to do with her feelings for him.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 1 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 15 Oct. 2025.

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