without a scratch
Example Sentences
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He likens it to starting college with a new car and trying to go four years without a scratch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
No pop artist has ever survived haters, handlers and hangers-on without a scratch.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
Instead, the tech start-ups and venture capitalists who unwisely entrusted cash to lousy bankers have escaped without a scratch.
From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2023
Whatever you may think about the decision, in the event Biden got in and out of the country without a scratch.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2023
My mom had wrapped herself around him, and he’d come through without a scratch.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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