scrub

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If the conditions aren't right then the space agency's meteorologists will be the ones to "scrub" or cancel the mission.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

It then offered to scrub any trace of AI for a fee.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

The treatment takes place on a heated marble table inside the hammam and begins with a thorough cleansing before moving into an invigorating exfoliating scrub.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

Jody Baxter lives with his parents on a subsistence farm in the Florida scrub.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

There’s shampoo and conditioner, but also lotion and rectangle soap and round soap and bumpy, massaging soap and a shower scrub soap.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti