scrape (by or through)

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Verb
  • The card takes place at Arena CDMX and will be carried on ESPN2.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • In the meantime, aside from Ohio and another cancellation in Oklahoma City due to back injury, the tour has in fact not been ruined − carrying on as planned.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • But the two seemed to get along pretty well outside the pods.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 28 Feb. 2025
  • With the exception of former Vanderpump Rules star Tom Sandoval — the pair famously did not get along, as Stause is friends with Sandoval’s ex, Ariana Madix — none of the cast ever seriously considered Stause to possibly be a Traitor.
    Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • On my left arm are three skulls to represent three years in prison, done with a prison tattoo gun made out of hair clippers.
    Renea Baek Goddard, Them, 21 Feb. 2025
  • An investigation into a wintry tourist attraction in southwestern China is underway after guests claimed they were deceived with fake snow made out of cotton wool and foamy water.
    Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Then at the 11-minute mark, Larkin got on the board on a second goal off Kiesel to take a 3-0 lead.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
  • As part of the city’s efforts, department officials are going door-to-door and leaving door hangers, pushing homeowners to get on board.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • There was no struggling to get by, which gave me a pretty stable upbringing.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Personal Finance The 10 cities where Americans are financially struggling the most Despite positive economic indicators, Americans in these cities are struggling to get by By Start Slideshow Start Slideshow While the stock market is booming, plenty of Americans are still struggling.
    Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • After a roll call where each reveals their imminent reprisal of fan-favorite Dimension 20 characters — including a Staten Island divorcee, a wisecracking pizza rat, and a drug dealer still coping from a breakup — the game begins.
    Eric Francisco, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
  • President Donald Trump is obsessed with how California manages its water supply, demanding changes as one price of giving the state billions of dollars in aid to cope with Southern California’s deadly and destructive wildfires.
    Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
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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 10 Mar. 2025.

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