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Example Sentences
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Scratch just beneath the film’s screwball surface and its beating heart as a food movie quickly reveals itself.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025
Scratch card winners have 30 days from the date of purchase to claim their winnings, and for Jean-Davide and his unlikely collaborators, the deadline is fast approaching.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025
Scratch the surface of American politics or culture, and medievalism seems to always be lurking just beneath.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025
Scratch has since been affiliated with other villains such as Dormammu, who appeared in 2016’s “Doctor Strange,” and Mephisto, who has yet to formally appear in the MCU.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2024
“I don’t know why, sometimes I itch all over at the same time! Scratch my back for me!”
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
Vocabulary lists containing scratch
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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