scrub
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Other priorities include scrub clearance and re-establishing fire breaks to prevent the spread of wildfires.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 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
Elsewhere, what used to be roaming bands of Hadzabe men now work as village forest guards, tasked with patrolling vast scrub forests and acacia bushlands to look out for poachers, land grabbers and illegal loggers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
Sister Gladys was pleased to have someone to scrub floors.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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