scrub
Example Sentences
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SpaceX was forced to scrub an attempt on Thursday.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Elsewhere, what used to be roaming bands of Hadzabe men now work as village forest guards, tasked with patrolling vast scrub forests and acacia bushlands to look out for poachers, land grabbers and illegal loggers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 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
As dirty as he was, he almost hated to scrub away the smells of musky tiger cub, souring goat’s milk, thick creek mud, and salty Sunderbans water.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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