scrub
Example Sentences
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The site is said to be mostly covered in trees and scrub and has a public right of way running from Palgrave to Diss in Norfolk, up the western side.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
More than one million people were watching the test on Thursday ahead of the scrub.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Although they excluded drugs-for-votes charges, prosecutors didn’t scrub the Dec. 12, 2024, indictment of how they believed the operation worked.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
“Hamlin,” read a sign, and for miles in both directions were furrows and beds with only dirt or scrub brush or dead trees.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
I smell like pit sweat and sour breath unless I scrub myself clean.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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