scrub

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

María was among the locals sweeping up the ashes and trying to scrub burn marks from the streets and buildings when The Times visited Etzatlán in the days after El Mencho’s death.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Field voles, hedgehogs and other ground‑nesting species rely on dense vegetation, leaf piles and scrub for shelter during the colder months.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

The dedicated staff introduced us to the elephant we’d be bathing, allowing us to each scrub a quarter of the animal before rinsing clean.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

I would scrub my body, I decided, each and every morning, no matter how cold it was, no matter how tired I was.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz