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Recent Examples of scum Soap Scum Another sign that could indicate the home has hard water is soap scum buildup inside water-using appliances and on surfaces, like the bathtub, shower walls, or sinks. Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Mar. 2025 Keeping tubs and showers sparkling clean and free of hard water stains and soap scum can seem like a losing battle. Maggie Horton, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025 Alex, in turn, lectures him about the hypocrisy of treating her like scum mere feet from the Statue of Liberty, which is supposed to welcome the tired, poor, huddled masses yadda yadda. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 9 Mar. 2025 Removing soap scum and water droplets from glass shower doors has never been easier with this $10 squeegee. Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scum
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scum
Noun
  • There was little-to-no doubt Jurgen Klopp’s side were going to defeat Ralf Rangnick’s under-interim-management rabble that day.
    Carl Anka, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Advertisement From start to finish, pure madness, amid a rabble that never calmed, never quieted, never quit.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • But this Ron Howard was an alternate universe version of Ron Howard, who instead of being notoriously nice, is sort of a jerk.
    Esther Zuckerman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Someone actually just said to me that all the men in the book are jerks.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In contrast to the anti-immigrant rhetoric emanating from the White House, the survey of 800 California voters portrays a populace that values the contributions of immigrants, regardless of legal status, and believes their well-being is intertwined with a well-functioning state.
    Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Their exodus leaves behind a populace that, like in the Weimar Republic, dismisses each authoritarian advance as temporary, necessary—or even more astonishing, somehow contained.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In real time, the audience, the queens watching, and perhaps Suzie herself all learn that Suzie has a knack for sexiness onstage, even though she’s dressed as a clown.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Among the mass-shooting victims is a bloodied clown who was performing at the festival.
    James Poniewozik, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • On April 1, the Sanitation Department started to fine any building owners who flout the new rules, which took effect in October and require landlords to make sure food and other organic waste be separated from regular trash and placed in bins on the curb for pickup.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Fruit flies will also target places where food is disposed of, like your trash bins or drains.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • According to LifeLine, the DeKalb shelter takes in 135 dogs a week on average.
    Jim Gaines, ajc, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.
    cleveland, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
Noun
  • As is the case with the aesthetics of people, exquisite lines can be found on patrician and proletariat cars alike.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Inspired by Karl Marx, the Bolsheviks dreamed of a world communist revolution and held special expectations for Germany, Marx’s homeland, and for its proletariat.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 19 June 2023
Noun
  • Students are required to bring two full decks of cards including the jokers.
    Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
  • This lucky gambler had an 8, 9, 10, jack, queen, king and a joker.
    Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 20 Jan. 2025

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“Scum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scum. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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