scraping
Example Sentences
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I was living in France on a self-employment visa, barely scraping by as a copywriter and freelance journalist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
On average, scraping behavior appeared after just 82 minutes.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
On another day, Brook's admission that England had "probably underestimated a couple of the sides" when scraping through the group stage would have taken the headlines.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
“I would argue there are other ways that we could accomplish children’s safety goals online that don’t require scraping as much personal data from people.”
From Salon • Feb. 11, 2026
A loud scraping screech came from the trees.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
