scrubbed
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While this was part of the original screenplay for “Michael,” The Wall Street Journal reported that the plotline had to be scrubbed due to conditions of the settlement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
No one was hurt, she scrubbed the thought from her head and became the upstanding moral citizen she is today.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
Decades of pollution regulations had scrubbed the valley’s air so much that those particles were vanishing—and the fog with them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Between 2018 and 2019, they self-released an album and two EPs - all of which have since been scrubbed from the internet.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026
Cardan stands next to me, dressed in flat black, his dark hair combed away from a face scrubbed clean.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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