scrubbing

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Scrubbing bird baths and pet dishes can also help remove lingering Aedes aegypti eggs, which look like tiny bits of dirt and are about a half-millimeter in size.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2024

Scrubbing off the grease gives it a fresh start!

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2023

Grandmother was right: Scrubbing behind the ears and between the toes may help keep the skin in those regions healthy, or so says a new study by a team at the George Washington University.

From Science Daily • Sep. 29, 2023

Scrubbing pots and pans, scraping plates and peeling mountains of potatoes, tearing the little beards off mussels, picking scallops and cleaning shrimp did not sound or look attractive to me.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2000

Scrubbing those out with my bare hands, I gag over the sink.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett