scrub
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She managed to escape by hiding in outback scrub for several hours before she was able to wave down two men driving a truck.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
In Portugal, emergency services said they had controlled "80 percent" of a wildfire that has devastated some 13,000 hectares of forest and scrub land in the north of the country.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
Any account of the 14th Amendment that attempts to scrub away that history is untruthful.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
The retired lobbyist has supported the mockingbird—and bashed the scrub jay—for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
And he carried a packet of wet wipes to scrub down his desk chairs and locker handle.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
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Now, it is teeming with young healthcare professionals in scrubs and stethoscopes waiting for patients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
She scrubs through video and photos and interviews a case worker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 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
When I took Otto out for morning walks, I noticed nurses coming home in scrubs after overnight shifts at the nearby hospital—clearly headed straight for well-earned sleep.
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2026
She was wearing nurse’s scrubs, her dark, curly hair pulled back into a ponytail, and when she saw them, she smiled.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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Dramatic footage of the incident has been scrubbed off the internet.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Over the past week Greenwater became a punchline for late-night monologues, and Antinone scrubbed his phone number from the internet after being inundated with angry voicemails accusing him of swimming in corrupt public cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Dialects have since been dubbed over in cinemas and scrubbed from radio and television programmes.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Communities soon removed statues and busts of him and scrubbed his name from streets, parks and schools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
They had also peeled potatoes, scrubbed pots and floors, washed windows, and hauled boxes and broken furniture.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
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The 22-year-old now runs his own business scrubbing every sheet metal curve and interior corner of a vehicle until there isn’t a smudge or crumb left.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 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
Previously, the International Olympic Committee required “clean venues,” which necessitated scrubbing all mention of corporate sponsorship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
It wasn’t until the end of breakfast the next day when Mr. Drysdale made an appearance at the table, his hair wet from what I assumed was a long scrubbing in the bathtub.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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