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scratch

noun as in small cut or mark

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verb as in cut; make a mark on

verb as in cancel

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But just as things settle down, your throat starts to scratch, your nose runs, and suddenly lectures are less about learning and more about trying not to cough louder than the person next to you.

From BBC

Photos show the statue bearing scratches and dents from its prior confiscation.

From Salon

That would put him at the front of the line in a crowd of thousands rebuilding from scratch.

This battered two-story home with ominous scratches on the basement door has been in Todd’s family for six generations, as the cemetery out back proves.

As founder and chief executive, Roberts has built the firm - formerly known as Appliances Online - up from scratch to an employer of some 3,000 people in the UK.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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