- present participle of scratch.
scratching
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Harris has grown to 6 feet 6 and is only scratching the surface of his ability because he missed his first two years of high school with an injury.
From Los Angeles Times â Sep. 25, 2026
“Although right now, I’m sure some of you are kind of scratching your head,” he said, “but we absolutely believe long term was the right thing to do.”
From The Wall Street Journal â Aug. 25, 2026
“We’re scratching the surface in terms of what we think the total potential of the space offers for us.”
From Los Angeles Times â Aug. 14, 2026
With residents already scratching and swatting, it took only a couple of charismatic entomologists to win over the right politicians to move legislation forward.
From Slate â Aug. 4, 2026
He let out a squall that could have been heard all over the bottoms, and started scratching at the spot where my rock had stung him.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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