rubbed
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"I climbed into bed, I turned over and I saw something outside. I rubbed my eyes because my vision is failing and I could still see it and it moved," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Huerta rubbed shoulders with some of America's most influential people over decades in the public eye.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
She’s coming from Boston every weekend, and she’s rubbed a lot of people in town the wrong way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
A tan-in-a-bottle used to be considered gauche, but a booming interest in skin-care in recent years has rubbed off on self-tanners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
“Maybe if you rubbed some of that stuff on your leg, it would help.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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