scrubbed

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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

In August 2025, a Crew-11 launch was scrubbed at T-minus 1 minute due to cloud cover and a small thunderstorm near Cape Canaveral violating weather safety criteria.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Most of its job listings appear to have been scrubbed of the term.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Information that’s publicly available, such as vehicle, real estate or voting records, also does not need to be scrubbed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

Steam that passes through the torus is scrubbed of most of its radioactive isotopes before it leaves the building, a vast improvement over allowing the steam to enter the environment without any intervention.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland