scrubbed

Example Sentences

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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

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

Decades of pollution regulations had scrubbed the valley’s air so much that those particles were vanishing—and the fog with them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Information that’s publicly available, such as vehicle, real estate or voting records, also does not need to be scrubbed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

My palms were still stained with a dark crud of ink I’d scrubbed from the machines’ crevices.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros