scrape

Example Sentences

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Chair Dame Karen Bradley said it felt to the committee police were "scraping" to find a reason to justify the ban.

From BBC

Past audits have usually found that the traders behind the suspicious activity weren’t true insiders, but instead obtained information via legal means, such as scraping websites for clues of a coming announcement, the person added.

From The Wall Street Journal

The fund took a position in Sphere Entertainment, the owner of the Las Vegas entertainment venue, after seeing data scraped from the internet on surprisingly strong ticket sales for the “Wizard of Oz” show there.

From The Wall Street Journal

Madrid's victory eased the pressure on Alonso, who scraped through to 2026 at the helm despite reports he was on the verge of being sacked after a run of inconsistent form.

From Barron's

It eased the pressure on Alonso, who scraped through to 2026 at the helm despite reports he was on the verge of being sacked after a run of inconsistent form.

From Barron's