scrape (by or through)

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Verb
  • And that may even carry on into award season as star Inde Navarrette’s performance as Nikki is being praised as one of the best in horror history.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • The mayor did not say anything back and carried on with his remarks.
    Aditi Sangal, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • The former couple is reportedly not getting along at the moment, especially after Hewitt accused Davidson of being a deadbeat dad to their daughter, Scottie Rose.
    Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 19 May 2026
  • Mary was the sixth child of his first wife, Eliza, who died giving birth to a seventh; Betsy, his second wife, with whom Mary almost never got along, went on to have nine children of her own.
    Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • The inner-tongue tag then features a drive-thru graphic, and faint cracking can be made out on the upper to mimic the adobe restaurant.
    Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
  • With commodities, when geopolitical tensions or inflation fears spike, investors often scramble for upside calls, making out-of-the-money options expensive relative to at-the-money options.
    Michael Khouw, CNBC, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • This was the same stuff people could get on podcasts and YouTube vignettes.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 May 2026
  • Rivr Media, the company behind HGTV series Fixer to Fabulous, is getting on board the vertical video trend.
    Peter White, Deadline, 20 May 2026
Verb
  • Morgan is also tasked with helping employees, like Calandrino, who is a mother of six, get by with reduced tips.
    Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
  • Isbel took third on his hit when the ball got by right fielder Wenceel Pérez for a two-base error.
    CBS News, CBS News, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • Those struggles can manifest in a range of ways, McClanahan said, from finding new coping mechanisms to replace food to ongoing body image concerns, even after weight loss.
    Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 14 May 2026
  • Hostages found ways to cope with the possibility of being assaulted.
    Matt Bradley, NBC news, 14 May 2026
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“Scrape (by or through).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrape%20%28by%20or%20through%29. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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