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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrape (together)
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Rose picked up well over five strokes on the field on the greens, leading the field in strokes gained putting by a wide margin.—
Justin Ray,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025 -
While a few noted that the croissant had decent flavor, most were off-put by the lack of color and dough-like texture.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
15 Dec. 2024
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For anyone who follows the news, the story will sound eerily familiar: migrant workers rounded up by immigration officials, put on a plane and transported to a deportation center and, ultimately, Mexico.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
14 July 2025
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But after going through a laborious and painful process to round up 50 votes for Trump’s megabill, there’s some doubt about how viable another one would be in either chamber.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
14 July 2025
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Pure greed and the desire to acquire more wealth or experiences of financial hardship are reasons why a person might commit fraud, Smith said.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
13 July 2025
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While Google has not yet launched such a service, on July 11 the search giant acquired executive talent and intellectual property from Windsurf — a leader in agentic AI, noted CNBC.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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Where are annual cicadas found in NC? Cicadas begin life as eggs laid in twigs and usually stay near their birthplace as juveniles, Hayes said.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
23 June 2025
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Eggs are laid in the fall and hatch the following spring.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
21 June 2025
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To prolong its effects, people develop habits and with time, those habits accumulate into long-term consequences.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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In France, Gauguin had accumulated a small band of acolytes devoted to his iconoclastic paintings saturated with color and symbolism.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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Considering a mature colony can include up to 400,000 worker ants, a queen can lay up to 1,000 eggs a day, and that there can be several colonies per acre of land, fire ants can sometimes seem like the perfect pest.—
Gareth McGrath,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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Females can lay up to 100 eggs during a lifetime, which hatch in three to six weeks.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
27 June 2025
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The Fit Bounce Pro II arrives fully assembled, folds up easily for storage, and comes with a detachable handlebar for added stability.—
Jordan Galloway,
SELF,
15 July 2025
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To assemble, spread a layer of raspberry preserves over the cooled cake.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 July 2025
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But the clip quickly went viral, amassing over 6.5 million views and thousands of comments.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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The dinosaur tentpole has now amassed $62.8 million after 12 days on release.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 July 2025
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“Scrape (together).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrape%20%28together%29. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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