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The state’s prior enforcement becomes a kind of legal eraser, wiping away the injured party’s ability to seek future protection.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2026
I asked to borrow his eraser to remove the scuff marks from my paddle.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
One of his favourite items is a giant eraser from 2009 - a rare item because Ziggy said he "can't find any images of them online".
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2025
A missing eraser is Pak-san playing a trick on him.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
He stared at Laila, bouncing a pencil by the eraser end on the desk.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
Motivating them are perks like erasers, finger traps, melon and egg bars and waffle parties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025
This is why RNA-methylation needs to be tightly controlled, taken care of by a set of proteins: "writers" deposit, "readers" recognize and "erasers" remove the methyl group.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2024
Their tools include everything from vacuum cleaners to cotton swabs to bags full of shredded erasers.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
“We’re not going to have just human erasers just running all over the film. Our team has to play together to win football games.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
But the cloud of white chalk that comes out of thirty erasers is pretty impressive, let me tell you.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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