scraps
Example Sentences
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The paper says campaigners are warning Burnham that voters will "punish him at the ballot box" if he scraps the pension safeguard.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Alas, “The Whisper Man” is merely a collection of defanged genre tropes and equally familiar character writing, tossing paltry scraps to its supporting cast in Michelle Monaghan and Michael Keaton.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Nearby fields were littered with broken deckchairs, scraps of fiberglass insulation and pieces of wire fencing ripped apart by the fierce winds that struck the village and its surroundings.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
When we offer supplementary food, such as seeds or meat scraps, this attracts birds of many different species in a combination and number that would not happen in nature.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Sick because of me, what I did, what I’m doing—she needs help, real help, not some stupid kid feeding her scraps.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
