SCRAPED (OUT) Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

scraped (out)

verb

past tense of scrape (out)

as in eked out

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But Pat Murphy’s team displayed the resilience of the 67-year-old manager, who survived a heart attack in 2020 and was the NL Manager of the Year in his first two full seasons at the helm in 2024 and 2025.

— Rob Maaddi, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Lincoln also is survived by two daughters, Martha and Rebecca; two granddaughters; and a sister, Mary Miles.

— Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

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Yet profits have still been squeezed as jet fuel prices surged roughly 90% since the US-Israeli war on Iran began in February, forcing several major carriers to cut earnings forecasts.

— Reuters, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, free cash flow at another budget carrier, JetBlue Airways, remains severely squeezed by elevated jet fuel prices.

— , CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of squeezed

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The electricity had been gone for hours and the summer heat wrung sweat out of everyone in the room.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
Centrist Democrats have wrung their hands about the potential vulnerabilities of left-wing candidates like El-Sayed running in battleground states, and El-Sayed has been straining to unite the Democratic base in Michigan.

— New York Times, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of wrung

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Only once has an Arab party joined a governing coalition, in 2021, and that government only lasted around 18 months.

— Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
But, as Reyes fired back incredulously, no one from the government mentioned that in the previous hearings, one of which lasted seven hours.

— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026

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