scrape (together)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrape (together)
Verb
  • When the smoke cleared, leaving stains on the green that didn’t affect their shots, Scheffler, who missed birdie puts by inches on 16 and 17, came up an inch short again on his 26-footer.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024
  • Truman answers the questions put by Pearl’s diners.
    Liz Smith, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2024
Verb
  • According to Smithsonian Magazine, less than 1% of the nearly half-million foreign POWs — 2,222 — tried to escape, and most were quickly rounded up.
    Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Family members and advocates say authorities are rounding up members of an entire nationality without regard for their rights, often picking men with tattoos memorializing soccer teams, family members and their professions − not a dangerous gang.
    Will Carless, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In 1998, Studio USA took over the program; the company was subsequently acquired by NBCUniversal.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Bringing Commonwealth Back To Life Commonwealth Distillery remained closed until 2019 when three new partners acquired the brand and the original building.
    Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • And even as the show plays with time differently, a lot of bricks needed to be laid in order to get to this point.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The dog, resembling a German Shepherd breed, was found laying in the middle of the road after being hit by a car.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • According to the National Weather Service, 2 to 3 feet of snow accumulated in the Sierra Nevada at elevations of 7,000 feet and higher from Sunday through Tuesday.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Brushes Some pool cleaners are equipped with brushes that help scrub away grime, algae and other unsightly material that has accumulated on the surfaces of your pool.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • He was laid up in bed for five weeks in the summer of 1919 but returned to the job that fall.
    Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Morikawa was laid up 90 yards out, while Henley's approach sailed right of the green.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • For the Thursday assault, a Russian regiment assembled a dozen armored vehicles in one column—an increasingly rare sight as Russian losses of armored vehicles and other heavy equipment exceed 20,000 and regiments turn to civilian vehicles to keep their troops moving.
    David Axe, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Coleman Evanston Screen Tent No more struggling for hours trying to set up your tent — the Coleman Evanston Screen Tent can be assembled in just 15 minutes.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Crowds protesting billionaire Elon Musk's purge of the U.S. government under President Trump began amassing outside Tesla dealerships throughout the U.S. and in some cities in Europe on Saturday in the latest attempt to dent the fortune of the world's richest man.
    CBS News, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The 18th edition of the wildly popular cricket tournament kicked off with unprecedented audience numbers, amassing 49.56 billion minutes of cumulative watch time across JioHotstar‘s streaming platform and the Star Sports Network.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Scrape (together).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrape%20%28together%29. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.

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