scrubbed

Example Sentences

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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

Casey Wasserman’s name has been scrubbed from the agency he founded decades ago, replaced with an amorphous moniker: “The Team.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

Those comments were also scrubbed from social media.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

The face of an angel on a restored church fresco in Rome that sparked outrage because of its likeness to Italy's prime minister, has been crudely scrubbed out by the artist who painted it.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

They had washed their hands and faces and scrubbed them well with soap, at the wash-basin on the bench in the kitchen.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder