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Recent Examples of scratched
Loftis has his own traumatic history with the town of Widow’s Bay, but remains skeptical until he is scratched by an ethereal creature on a foggy night.
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Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2026
The Tigers scratched starter Troy Melton with back tightness before the game, forcing a bullpen outing that allowed seven hits combined.
—CBS News, 16 June 2026
Colt Keith was scratched from the Tigers’ lineup due to a sore right wrist.
—ABC News, 16 June 2026
Colton had his ups and downs this season and was scratched for Colorado’s first two games against the Los Angeles Kings during the playoffs.
—Ambika Sharma, New York Times, 16 June 2026
Despite the famous lifetime warranty, deeply scratched Tupperware containers can be difficult to get clean enough to reuse for food storage.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 June 2026
The Pirates scratched the winning run across against Anthony Bender (1-1), who got in a jam after getting the first two outs of the inning.
—Miami Herald, 14 June 2026
The Dodgers’ game against the Pirates on Wednesday was the fourth Smith had missed since being scratched from the lineup Saturday with a stiff neck.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Clark was then scratched from the lineup just before the game, which the WNBA star later said was her last-minute decision.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2026
The Tigers scratched starter Troy Melton with back tightness before the game, forcing a bullpen outing that allowed seven hits combined.
—CBS News, 16 June 2026
Colt Keith was scratched from the Tigers’ lineup due to a sore right wrist.
—ABC News, 16 June 2026
Colton had his ups and downs this season and was scratched for Colorado’s first two games against the Los Angeles Kings during the playoffs.
—Ambika Sharma, New York Times, 16 June 2026
Despite the famous lifetime warranty, deeply scratched Tupperware containers can be difficult to get clean enough to reuse for food storage.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 June 2026
The Pirates scratched the winning run across against Anthony Bender (1-1), who got in a jam after getting the first two outs of the inning.
—Miami Herald, 14 June 2026
The Dodgers’ game against the Pirates on Wednesday was the fourth Smith had missed since being scratched from the lineup Saturday with a stiff neck.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Clark was then scratched from the lineup just before the game, which the WNBA star later said was her last-minute decision.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scratched
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But the most interesting finding was several straight, parallel striations inside the skull, indicating the brain matter had been methodically scraped out with a sharp instrument shortly after death.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
11 June 2026
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Firecrawl has started working with partners including Wikipedia on this, with the idea that information sources providing real value to AI systems should be compensated for it, rather than scraped silently.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
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Parmesan, finely grated (about 1 cup), ¼ cup torn basil leaves, 2 Tbsp.—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
9 June 2026
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In this recipe from The Vegetable Butcher cookbook, Cara Mangini sautes grated carrot, pine nuts, and garlic in olive oil, then stirs the mixture into Greek yogurt.—
Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
21 May 2026
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With his contribution, Scott’s Cactus Jack logo replaced the Spotify sponsor at the center of the shirt, appearing in a rough handwritten script alongside his signature scribbled face motif, both printed in Barcelona’s iconic gold, similar to the chest.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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The two teenagers who walked into a San Diego mosque with assault rifles on Monday wore patches displaying the Black Sun—a neo-Nazi iteration of the swastika—and had scribbled white-supremacist symbols in white correction fluid on their guns.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
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Over 21,000 names per year from every state in the union are scrawled inside the visitors book at Boise State’s Hall of Fame, all to step beyond those glass doors and to stand right on the edge of a blue field that’s become a one-of-a-kind symbol in sports over the past four decades.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
15 June 2026
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The superintendent says last week, a phrase supporting Hitler was scrawled in an eighth-grade bathroom.—
Brandon Truitt,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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“Scratched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratched. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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