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
  • That mass deportation, in the 1950s, used military-style tactics to round up 1.3 million Mexicans and Mexican Americans across the country for the-then largest deportation operation in U.S. history.
    Brittany Gibson, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Get a weekly round up of the top tech stories from around the world in your inbox every Friday.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In order to make improvements, the city has to acquire the land and purchase properties — valued at nearly $22 million total — demolish them and make way for the project.
    Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2025
  • This approach enables a company to acquire liquidity, quite often through a leveraged loan, without having to transfer full ownership.
    Joseph Safina, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The eggs were laid in the nest overlooking Big Bear Lake.
    Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The Highlanders took their biggest lead, seven points, with 6:32 left in the second quarter on a lay in by Devon Norice.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • This is more common in people with obesity and happens when fat accumulates in the liver.
    Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • As on land, any monetary winnings in casinos at sea are ultimately up to chance (though points will accumulate based on their set earnings rates regardless).
    Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • At age 8, in Croatia, his sick father was temporarily laid up in bed.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The life cycle of a moth is 65 to 90 days, with female moths laying up to 300 eggs each.
    Ellie Pithers, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Eventually, Nick Cannon, Fredro Starr, and the crew assembled their top five in order.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 6 Mar. 2025
  • While fewer people watch the broadcast networks’ evening newscasts than the group that assembled to see past anchors like Walter Cronkite or Tom Brokaw, the shows still attract a sizable crowd.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • TikTok Users Reacts Annie's efforts with Baloo quickly touched people's hearts and as of Wednesday, the TikTok video amassed over 1.7 million views, 57,300 likes and 1,221 comments.
    Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Over recent weeks in this space, pitch grades have been assigned to each qualifying pitch within the arsenal of each starter who amassed 135 or more innings in 2024.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes, 4 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 9 Mar. 2025.

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