scrubbed
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No one was hurt, she scrubbed the thought from her head and became the upstanding moral citizen she is today.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
Casey Wasserman’s name has been scrubbed from the agency he founded decades ago, replaced with an amorphous moniker: “The Team.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026
JetBlue Airways scrubbed more than 70% of its flights, as more than 40% of Spirit Airlines flights and 30% of Frontier Airlines flights had been canceled.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
Between 2018 and 2019, they self-released an album and two EPs - all of which have since been scrubbed from the internet.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026
Seventeen crew members who had ridden in the helicopters had to be decontaminated, scrubbed from head to foot to remove any radioactive particles.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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