scrub
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Yes, let them try to scrub the memory of Leonard, the intensely skilled and private player who demanded so much of the Clippers when he signed with them as a free agent in 2019.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Three times most days, groups of high-school juniors scrape, scrub and stow kitchenware and cutlery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Along the Beagle Channel, an icy stretch of water at the southern tip of the Americas, a concrete slab rises from hills covered in low, brownish scrub.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
"Instead of doing a good scrub and then cutting it up, she's just throwing it out," Michelle said.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Shortly before dusk, the trail led downward toward a shallow basin set with scrub and pines.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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There were a few customers in scrubs and two self-order kiosks, both broken.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
She co-founded the vegan skincare company Hyphen with Bollywood star Kriti Sanon in 2023 and also runs mCaffeine which makes scrubs, washes and lotions and calls itself India's first caffeinated personal care brand.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Now, it is teeming with young healthcare professionals in scrubs and stethoscopes waiting for patients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
In the remote Ocotillo washes, where the scrubs claw at people’s shins, he recently found what he believes to be the remains of a human finger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026
She looked tired, as usual, clad in a pair of olive-green scrubs.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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He scrubbed toilets in exchange for free improv classes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Google maintains that any data it receives will be scrubbed of personally-identifiable information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
All schools will open as normal — although operations will be tightly monitored and affected campuses are being scrubbed clean inside and out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
A previous attempt at launch was abruptly scrubbed just as the booster began to ignite, in an automatic stoppage that occurred after some engines did not start.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
He was scrubbed so clean, his pale skin seemed to glow.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
But in a Reuters video last month, co-founder Cornelia Weinzierl said that with teleoperation, the robots can do anything from changing bed sheets to scrubbing the toilet.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
While they do light cleaning, they typically draw the line at deep scrubbing, and they oversee not just the kids but all the details that keep a household running smoothly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
A recent challenge from the cleaning brand Scrub Daddy tasked users with filming themselves shopping at Home Depot for its BBQ Daddy scrubbing product.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 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
Mom wears dishwashing gloves and is scrubbing down our television.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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