scrub
Example Sentences
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Former “Grey’s Anatomy” heartthrob Patrick Dempsey trades in his “McDreamy” scrubs for a high-powered rifle in Fox’s thriller drama.
From Los Angeles Times
At the elevation where the oak and scrub give way to cedar, fir and pine, I had a horrific shock rounding a familiar bend anticipating a thrill I had felt so many times before.
From Los Angeles Times
I'm wearing scrubs at the back of an operating theatre at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
From BBC
Companies are crafting plans to release scrubbed water into rivers.
The chief executive of the recently formed company that makes it, Gatlin Robotics, followed behind the robot as it attempted to scrub a brick wall.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.