scraping (out)

present participle of scrape (out)

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Verb
  • Now, Françoise is carrying on his legacy.
    Michael Soncin, Vanity Fair, 9 June 2026
  • This, of course, not being the 50-year ban that actually set women’s football back years, but Everton Women carrying on-loan Manchester United full-back Hannah Blundell out in a suitcase-cum-coffin before their World Sevens semi-final against United on Saturday and resurrecting her.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • With its distinctive, hornlike snout and protrudable jaws, the pink-skinned living fossil is the only surviving representative of a family lineage that dates back nearly 125 million years.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 June 2026
  • Reaching that age after surviving the Holocaust is nothing short of a miracle.
    Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026
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“Scraping (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraping%20%28out%29. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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