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Recent Examples of scratched
In addition to Crosby and Malkin, Erik Karlsson, Kris Letang, Rickard Rakell, Bryan Rust, Samuel Girard, Blake Lizotte, Connor Dewar and Parker Wotherspoon were scratched with Pittsburgh already locked into its playoff position.
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CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Diamondbacks star Ketel Marte was scratched shortly before the game because of back tightness.
—ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
By the time Merrill led off the seventh with a homer, the Rockies were on their fourth pitcher as left-hander Kyle Freeland was scratched just before the game with shoulder soreness.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
The Rays also had a bullpen day Tuesday when Drew Rasmussen was scratched for the earlier-than-expected birth of his daughter.
—John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
Bobby Brink got scratched, and Foligno entered the lineup.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Forwards Pavol Regenda and Dellandrea entered the lineup, and Igor Chernyshov and Adam Gaudette were scratched.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
Hyeseong Kim wasn’t in Tuesday’s lineup until just before game time when Miguel Rojas was scratched due to a family matter.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026
Throughout the final decade of the 86-year Curse of the Bambino, Wakefield was the constant as the Red Sox built, scratched and clawed their way to the Promised Land.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Diamondbacks star Ketel Marte was scratched shortly before the game because of back tightness.
—ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
By the time Merrill led off the seventh with a homer, the Rockies were on their fourth pitcher as left-hander Kyle Freeland was scratched just before the game with shoulder soreness.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
The Rays also had a bullpen day Tuesday when Drew Rasmussen was scratched for the earlier-than-expected birth of his daughter.
—John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
Bobby Brink got scratched, and Foligno entered the lineup.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Forwards Pavol Regenda and Dellandrea entered the lineup, and Igor Chernyshov and Adam Gaudette were scratched.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
Hyeseong Kim wasn’t in Tuesday’s lineup until just before game time when Miguel Rojas was scratched due to a family matter.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026
Throughout the final decade of the 86-year Curse of the Bambino, Wakefield was the constant as the Red Sox built, scratched and clawed their way to the Promised Land.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scratched
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LinkedIn says Teamfluence distributed a browser extension that scraped LinkedIn user data in violation of the user agreement and that its LinkedIn accounts were suspended.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
8 Apr. 2026
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Three YouTube channels, h3h3Productions, MrShortGame Golf, and Golfaholics, are suing Apple over claims that the iPhone maker scraped videos without permission to train its AI models.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
7 Apr. 2026
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The end of Malone’s 10-year Nuggets tenure was abrupt and awkward, as his voice grew stale in the locker room and his intense personality grated on players, as team and league sources detailed to The Denver Post last year.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
7 Apr. 2026
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Remove sauce from heat and mix in 2 garlic cloves, finely grated, and pasta, then gently fold in reserved leeks.—
Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Mar. 2026
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The bodies, along with that of his six-month pregnant daughter-in-law, arrived in wooden coffins on a bus from Lebanon, their names scribbled on the sides.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Another video shared on Instagram, presumably taken at an earlier point, shows the same bot rumbling along to deliver some food with the same graffiti scribbled on its exterior.—
Joe Wilkins Published Mar 19,
Futurism,
19 Mar. 2026
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The paper was scrawled with phone numbers of politicians to call and driving distances to dialysis centers in the region.—
Arielle Zionts,
NPR,
15 Apr. 2026
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The post stitched together photos of Bible scripture, Paul crying, pain relief patches and personal notes scrawled through notebooks.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Scratched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratched. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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