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scratch

[skrach] / skrætʃ /
NOUN
small cut or mark
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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

Besides some drawings, there is a plaque for someone named Nicholas Scratch — Agatha’s son.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2024

"At age 11, I became mom, sister, caretaker and homemaker of our family," she wrote in "From Scratch."

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2024

“Lucy, rub his head. Scratch him behind the ears.”

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty




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