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U.S.-based Pelage Pharmaceuticals has an experimental therapy that tries to restart the hair-growth cycle from scratch by reawakening stem cells.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Universal’s “Miami Vice ’85” movie reboot won’t come out until 2028, but fans of the neon-hued South Florida crime genre looking to scratch that itch can check out “M.I.A.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
The students did not begin entirely from scratch.
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
The American woman, who does not speak Spanish, admits it's been difficult to start from scratch in an unfamiliar country.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
“She’s better,” I whisper to myself as I scratch a patch of dirt clear of leaf litter, then rip out a buckthorn shoot hiding underneath.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Vocabulary lists containing scratch
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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