scraped
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far away called the 1990s, young people scraped by with tiny salaries and tried to save for retirement in a newfangled self-directed system.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
But AI had scraped her website’s content and used it to rank itself higher in search results; her company’s revenue had plummeted by about half and she’d had to let employees go.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
Murphy scraped through 10-9 against Fan Zhengyi in the first round, calling his match-winning break of 50 in the decider the best break he had ever made at the Crucible after he had trailed 53-17.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Despite a roster full of noted sluggers like Kyle Schwarber and Judge, Team USA scraped by with a sleepy offense.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026
For a penny apiece, an elderly Italian man scraped up careful balls of lemon ice into miniature glasses.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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