scraping

Example Sentences

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Now software stocks are scraping themselves off the floor—but are still behind the curve as big investors stick with what has worked.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

It’s no small feat scraping up money for rent.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

The good news — and we’re really scraping bottom here calling it that — is that the $5 limits the audience.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

Over time, however, that same scraping action causes the sponge itself to break apart.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

The overseer now came forward, bowing and scraping, and the red-faced one spoke to him rapidly but so low that we could not hear what he was saying.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya