scrape
Example Sentences
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Somehow, Omar scraped together money for the antibiotics, which the clinic staff administered.
From Los Angeles Times
“I would argue there are other ways that we could accomplish children’s safety goals online that don’t require scraping as much personal data from people.”
From Salon
In Season 1, there’d be people who were running to grab a flag and they’d trip over their own foot and scrape their arm.
From Los Angeles Times
He scrapes together about $290 a month by teaching English and tutoring students who themselves dream of landing a government job, where millions compete for a few positions and prestigious posts require passing arduous exams.
What got Wolny from scraping by in the Midwest to a fabulous life as a money and culture journalist for places like Time and Out Magazine was a lot of mindset shifting.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.