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How to use the word Scraping in a Sentence?

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The diversity of tools is fantastic. In the 1920s, the site produced some of earliest handaxes ever discovered in Britain. Now, for the first time, we have found rare evidence of scraping and piercing implements at this very early age.

Alastair Key

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We're just now scraping the surface about nuts-and-bolts paleontology.

Adam Marsh

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We were just sick and tired of being sick and tired of all the bills and living in California and barely scraping by, we decided we just wanted to do something different for our son.

Karen Akpan

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

This show is about how much a can of creamed corn is. That’s what’s great about it. Because whether you are just scraping by or you’re Martha Stewart, you probably bought a can of cream corn, the Price Is Right.

George Gray

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I could find another job in food service, or something... but I'd just be scraping by on minimum wage or close to it the same as I am now. so much of it seems to be about shifting the cost of driving to workers.

Sage Wilson

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I remember just screaming and scraping my body, and my skin was literally falling on the floor, i remember my mom telling me that I fainted. She thought I was gone.

Shalom Blac

Found on CNN
6 years ago

The government is scraping the bottom of the barrel, offering jobs in ministries and money for public works in congressional districts.

Darcisio Perondi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think basically, scraping the surface, my study as well as the literature out there is all positive, and the stuff that I’ve read about is in very small numbers but very conclusive that this works.

Kenneth Mandato

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Official statistics tend to be lagging and tend to be revised. And what the scraping of the web can do is give us a better today read on what’s going on, it can give us a more timely understanding of whether the fortunes of the economy are turning up or turning down.

Andy Haldane

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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