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scrub

[skruhb] / skrʌb /




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The site is said to be mostly covered in trees and scrub and has a public right of way running from Palgrave to Diss in Norfolk, up the western side.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

I sometimes use the transcription platform Rev, which offers an A.I. transcript you can scrub through along with the audio.

From Slate • May 24, 2026

More than one million people were watching the test on Thursday ahead of the scrub.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Although they excluded drugs-for-votes charges, prosecutors didn’t scrub the Dec. 12, 2024, indictment of how they believed the operation worked.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

As dirty as he was, he almost hated to scrub away the smells of musky tiger cub, souring goat’s milk, thick creek mud, and salty Sunderbans water.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins




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