scrub
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First attempts to scrub off the paint on the court were not completely successful, so contractors have been on site using "laser technology".
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Ursula, the artist who lives there, finds it broken and has Kiki scrub her floors in exchange for repairing it.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
On Thursday, SpaceX plans another attempt at its 13th Starship rocket launch, a full week after it was forced to scrub the test.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
The body scrub areas and dry saunas feature Japanese Hinoki wood also imported from Korea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
I scrub my hands and my arms and my face with it, washing everything away and down the sink.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
Women in green scrubs and hairnets were lined up to greet her as her stretcher rolled out of the elevator.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Various male doctors or nurses in green scrubs are seen in the video on Kildow's Instagram handle.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
Zielinski saw the videos on social media and learned that it was Pretti when she saw a photo of him wearing his nursing scrubs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
Former “Grey’s Anatomy” heartthrob Patrick Dempsey trades in his “McDreamy” scrubs for a high-powered rifle in Fox’s thriller drama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2026
And, just like today, she was wearing bright red Converse low-tops with her scrubs, which seemed kind of cool.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
All schools will open as normal — although operations will be tightly monitored and affected campuses are being scrubbed clean inside and out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The sound is not just big and bold, but scrubbed clean by AI with the goal of maddening perfection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Dramatic footage of the incident has been scrubbed off the internet.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
SpaceX’s scrubbed Thursday launch might have led to Friday’s sector gains.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
While the whites boiled, I scrubbed a load of the kids’ dungarees and overalls.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
It’s a scrubbing of the past, an act of forgetting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
A common industrial approach, aqueous amine scrubbing, requires heating large amounts of liquid to temperatures above 100 °C to release the captured CO2 and reuse the solution.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2026
If something’s sticky or stubborn, let it sit with a damp cloth for a minute before wiping; it saves you from unnecessary scrubbing.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026
The top of the dresser needed serious rehab: scrubbing, sanding and repainting to create a shiny finish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
He takes my left arm in one of his huge hands and starts scrubbing at a small spot.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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