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A large smiley face scratched into a nearby rock survived unscathed.

Ms Robinson said her talk at Salvation Army Citadel in Ipswich had only scratched the surface of her life and she had many adventures.

The Distaff lost a lot of its firepower when Idiomatic, last year’s champion, scratched from the race.

What if I scratched it under the chin like I used to with my cat while it’s suffocating me?

Two years ago, the former mayor of Happy Valley, a Portland suburb, scratched out a narrow victory in a Democratic-leaning Oregon congressional district, one of just 16 Republicans nationwide who prevailed on turf where Trump lost to Joe Biden.