scratched
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Indeed, the words "HELP" and "SOS" have been scratched out in the weeds now flourishing on the exposed lake bed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
“We haven’t even scratched the surface; infrastructure is a long, long tail. It takes a long time for regulatory approval for building and then obviously deploying.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
But the performers billed for Indianapolis, country music singer Thomas Rhett and Disco Lines, a DJ, were abruptly scratched.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
This team's efforts have seen them scratched off the international red list of threatened species - a rare glimmer of hope in a country facing an extinction emergency.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
To me, it looked as if you could have thrown a pumpkin straight down his throat and never scratched the peeling on one of his long teeth.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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