scrub
Example Sentences
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Scrub a little of the humor from the script, and it’s basically a West Coast version of “The Pitt,” using familiar sitcom props and set-ups to portray the many facets of systemic failure.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025
Scrub mints are among the few plants that staked a claim in the new Florida frontier.
From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024
Scrub them down with a wet sponge, getting between the coils to remove dust.
From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2022
So that’s when I came up with all these different products, like the Moss Butter, the Face Scrub.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2022
Scrub grass and thorny bushes covered its lower slopes; higher up a jagged tangle of bare rock thrust steep and sudden into the sky.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing scrub
Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 5
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Stories of Ourselves
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The Knife of Never Letting Go
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