Then, when it could not be easily wiped off, my industrious husband took the abrasive side of a sponge to it, leaving scratches that looked like a bear had dragged its claws across the surface.

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If your floor steam cleaner has a scrubbing option, skip that—you don’t want to risk scratching the laminate surface with anything abrasive.

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Denim isn’t necessarily the stiff, abrasive straitjacket for legs you think you remember.

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That dust is so abrasive, in fact, that it can damage equipment.

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Canberra’s policy approach was too abrasive to gather allies, however, so the government pivoted instead to support a softer resolution brought by the EU to the World Health Authority, which governs the WHO.

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Oil or other fluids used on work are apt to drop on it and when wet for a short time the abrasive is useless.

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Old Gilby, the pro, could be abrasive when a bone-head play disfigured the game he loved.

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