scratch out
Example Sentences
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Both teams had plenty of chances to scratch out a run in regulation.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2024
United has stunningly lost five home games already this season, though did scratch out a 1-0 win against Copenhagen, which it plays Wednesday in Denmark.
From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 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
He became the fifth horse to scratch out of the race.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2023
Eventually, news reporters from Europe and America began to learn about the refugees who had walked, like me, to safety and begun to scratch out a living in Ethiopia.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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