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
In August 2025, a Crew-11 launch was scrubbed at T-minus 1 minute due to cloud cover and a small thunderstorm near Cape Canaveral violating weather safety criteria.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 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
Once your information is scrubbed, it might not be noticeable.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
My palms were still stained with a dark crud of ink I’d scrubbed from the machines’ crevices.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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