scrubbing

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When we made it back home after being gone for two weeks, I had to put elbow grease into scrubbing the caked-on dog drool off the side of the car.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

It’s a scrubbing of the past, an act of forgetting.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 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

The top of the dresser needed serious rehab: scrubbing, sanding and repainting to create a shiny finish.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

His mother was scrubbing the bathtub and picking up all the boats that Sam had been sailing during his bath.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry