scratching
Example Sentences
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“We were scratching and clawing for any order, let alone profitable ones,” Moreno says.
Mann once told an audience something that I believe applies to all of us: “I thought I knew L.A., and I realized that I was just scratching the surface.”
From Los Angeles Times
That clash, which had the No. 1 seed in the NFC on the line, became an instant classic when Seattle overcame a 16-point deficit through a play that left everyone scratching their heads.
The magnitude of the move, along with the fact that it didn’t spread to shares of other large Indian tech firms, left some investors scratching their heads.
From MarketWatch
His technical skill was instinctual and his style was unmatched — up until this point, scratching was mostly an East Coast thing.
From Los Angeles Times
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