scrubbed
Example Sentences
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While this was part of the original screenplay for “Michael,” The Wall Street Journal reported that the plotline had to be scrubbed due to conditions of the settlement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
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
Those comments were also scrubbed from social media.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
Between 2018 and 2019, they self-released an album and two EPs - all of which have since been scrubbed from the internet.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026
They had washed their hands and faces and scrubbed them well with soap, at the wash-basin on the bench in the kitchen.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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