scratch out
Example Sentences
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How many times did Hernandez deliver outings ranging from good to great only to take a no-decision or a loss because his team couldn’t scratch out a run or two in his 15-year career?
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2023
Meisner had a rough first act: he was born in Nebraska, to sharecroppers, married at 14, and dropped out of school to scratch out a few dollars on the Midwest bar circuit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
“For us to be able to scratch out two out of three against them is big for us,” Robertson said.
From Washington Times ● May 18, 2023
Taylor Pendrith was clutch with a 15-foot birdie putt as the Internationals tried to scratch out a third tie.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2022
The word code, I wrote before, comes from caudex—the pith of the tree that was used to scratch out early manuscripts.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
