scraping (up or together)

present participle of scrape (up or together)
as in earning
to get with great difficulty we're barely scraping together a living on the farm

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earning
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  • Cape Verde then closed the group stage by earning draws against Uruguay on June 21 and Saudi Arabia on June 26.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
  • Some of the world’s most successful companies are built on it, earning their profits on services layered atop an open core.
    David Siegel, Fortune, 3 July 2026
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“Scraping (up or together).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraping%20%28up%20or%20together%29. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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