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The corps will scrape off up to six inches of soil from the burn area, but will not provide soil testing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

When born, baby caecilians — legless amphibians that look like a mash-up of a snake and a worm — use their tiny hook-shaped teeth to scrape off their mother’s skin and feast.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2023

They scrape off letters and use temporary paper tags and even retractor mechanisms.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2022

If you find an egg mass on a tree that you can scrape off, you’re making a bigger impact, but realistically the only way the infestation can be combatted is on an industrial scale.

From Slate • Aug. 25, 2022

Her pan wasn’t big enough to hold a whole ear of corn, but you could scrape off the kernels.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt




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