scrape
verb (used with object)
to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface.
had scraped
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past perfectof scrape.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But AI had scraped her website’s content and used it to rank itself higher in search results; her company’s revenue had plummeted by about half and she’d had to let employees go.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
Replying to him, Google executive Jerry Dischler, insisted this was not a "hallucination" - where AI systems invent untrue information - blaming the websites Gemini had scraped the information from instead.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2025
As the noses of both Boeing 737s lifted skyward on takeoff, their tails had scraped the runway.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2023
In February 2019, after kicking his money-saving habit into overdrive, he had scraped together $3,000.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2020
I was taking tight close-ups of a scab on her leg, and I had her flat up against the very brick wall that had scraped her.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
