scrape together
Example Sentences
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For much of the last decade, Mustaine has experienced significant discomfort since the cartilage in the tips of his fingers has worn away from decades of frenzied playing, causing the bones to scrape together.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
Not a trust fund, not an inheritance — the same seed money anyone might scrape together.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025
Increasingly, people live hand to mouth, buying a tomato here, a few onions there as they manage to scrape together enough bolivars for just the basics.
From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025
Nevertheless, many of their founders would likely qualify as billionaires under the proposed law, forcing them to scrape together tens or hundreds of millions of dollars to pay their tax bills.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
If he was really going to attend the university, he was going to need to scrape together enough money for rent and books and tuition.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
