scrub
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SpaceX was forced to scrub an attempt on Thursday.
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
“Hamlin,” read a sign, and for miles in both directions were furrows and beds with only dirt or scrub brush or dead trees.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
The next day is deep-clean Monday, when First Watch dishwashers scrub coffee urns and the greasy grates where bacon sizzles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
There’s shampoo and conditioner, but also lotion and rectangle soap and round soap and bumpy, massaging soap and a shower scrub soap.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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