scraping (by or through)

present participle of scrape (by or through)

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Verb
  • Big thanks to Betty Lin-Fisher and Baily Schulz for carrying on in our absence.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
  • All that carrying on caused the rusty metal trap to cut further into his leg, which caused a terrible infection.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Mullin and Gottheimer described each other as good friends, noting their daughters are even writing a children’s book together on the importance of getting along.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Focus on getting along with others.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • After several relatively normal visuals appear, including Ed at a roller rink and sitting at a diner across two women (both of whom appear to suspect something is wrong with him), the trailer then cuts to Ed getting on top of a corpse.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hugo even snaps a shot of them making out on their break.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Home planetariums are often dome or round-shaped and offer more than just lasers making out to be stars on a wall and they can definitely be used as STEM and learning tools.
    Alexander Cox, Space.com, 3 Sep. 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 17 Sep. 2025.

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