scrubs

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In the remote Ocotillo washes, where the scrubs claw at people’s shins, he recently found what he believes to be the remains of a human finger.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

Various male doctors or nurses in green scrubs are seen in the video on Kildow's Instagram handle.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Zero-star recruits usually wind up as end-of-the-bench scrubs who spend less time on the field than the marching band.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

Essential for getting scrubs clean and bedding washed, the laundry is still in a terrible state, its roof now just exposed beams.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

Finally, after forty minutes, I am called out of the waiting room by an officious woman in blue scrubs.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich