scrubbed
Example Sentences
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No one was hurt, she scrubbed the thought from her head and became the upstanding moral citizen she is today.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
Casey Wasserman’s name has been scrubbed from the agency he founded decades ago, replaced with an amorphous moniker: “The Team.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026
Most of its job listings appear to have been scrubbed of the term.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
The face of an angel on a restored church fresco in Rome that sparked outrage because of its likeness to Italy's prime minister, has been crudely scrubbed out by the artist who painted it.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
But most of all, I scrubbed the two fingers that had touched the baby.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.