scrubbed

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No one was hurt, she scrubbed the thought from her head and became the upstanding moral citizen she is today.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

In August 2025, a Crew-11 launch was scrubbed at T-minus 1 minute due to cloud cover and a small thunderstorm near Cape Canaveral violating weather safety criteria.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Historically, almost half of all rocket launches that end up scrubbed have been a result of unsafe weather, said Burger.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Chrysler-parent Stellantis essentially scrubbed its showrooms of passenger cars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

His hands had always an immaculate, shrunken look, as though they had been scrubbed with a brush and soaked for a long time in a pan of water.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers