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  • The principals of the local schools could be counted on for a couple of fresh scrubbed altar boys in charge of polished crucifix, candlesticks and dangerously toxic swinging thuribles.
  • Before scrubbing, gowning, and gloving, the surgeon usually performs a rectal examination and proctoscopy to suction out any remaining stool in the distal rectum.
  • Tru hung her gown away safely, then tore off her sweat-soaked uniform before she sloshed water all over her body, scrubbing away her stench with soap.
  • Six biogeographical zones, ranging from subtropical forest to highland scrub, host an impressive 151 species of bird, 34 species of mammal, 228 species of butterfly and countless plants. Taiwan's Greatest Ascent
  • It would free us up time to get on with scrubbing ourselves with carbolic soap…
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  • She scrubbed his back
  • Its interest is that within it survive all the elements of a medieval forest: great timber trees, coppice woods, pollards, scrub, grassland and fen, deer and cattle, and a rabbit warren.
  • She was forced to scrub floors with bleach. The Sun
  • I didn't answer her, just kept scrubbing the toilet clean while Colleen trickled Visine into her eyes.
  • This keeps getting censored by the Lamontster scrub out the truth squads .. he has to protect his propagandists for hire, as he's too chickenhearted to let the CT voters decide for themselves CT-SEN: Lamont Hits Back At Lieberman Terror Slam
  • Feeling incredibly dirty and gritty, from all the dirt that she was covered under from her ride, Ari ran a bath for herself and scrubbed herself clean.
  • The birds love the dense thickets and scrub and clumps of bushes like blackthorn that grow in the older sites of the park.
  • But, whatever harm Macscruby thinks our flag might do to his beef jerky, McDonald's had no misgivings on its effect on the Big Mac.
  • Intermingled with the Euphorbia scrub is a Zizyphus scrub that is characterized by Zizyphus nummularia with Acacia leucocephala, Acacia senegal, Anogeissus pendula, and Dicrostachys cinerea. Northwestern thorn scrub forests
  • Serves 2-4, depending on hunger4 raw, unshelled tiger prawns90ml olive oil3 cloves garlic, finely chopped500ml good-quality fish stock150g sustainable monkfish, cut into chunks1 onion, finely diced1 tsp smoked paprika200g chopped tomatoes50ml dry white winePinch of saffron soaked in 1 tbsp hot water200g Calasparra or other short-grain rice150g baby squid, cut into rings150g broad beans150g mussels, scrubbedHandful of flat-leaf parsley to garnish½ lemon, cut into wedges 1. Shell the prawns and put the flesh aside. How to cook the perfect paella
  • By the time they left at eight thirty, she'd scrubbed the kitchen floor, hoovered the carpet, and polished the TV screen - while he was watching it.
  • Use them to help scrub down grubby bathroom tiles and really get to the gritty bits. The Sun
  • Despite scrubbing up well for the shoot, he grunts, ‘I don't think I'll be doing James Bond any time soon.’
  • We continue to hear about facilities that home launder their surgical scrub attire.
  • Scrub with a slightly different physiognomy is present in two areas north of the river.
  • Finally she burst through the surface and took the oils and scrubs and lathered her body with them.
  • My plan had been to head right through that subtopian labyrinth to the very edge, the scrubland beside the M57.
  • The vegetation consists of coastal sage scrub, chaparral and groves of Englemann oak and live oak.
  • Tall grassland is scattered with hawkweed, ragwort, wild carrot and melilot flowers, along with clumps of bird's-foot trefoil, lucerne and goat's rue, and there are regular uprisings of brambles and wild rose, and sprawls of sallow and birch scrub. Country Diary: Canvey Wick, Essex
  • New flora grew on the shore: Desert scrub, creosote bush, saltbush, and tamarisk.
  • Using a stiff long-handled brush, scrub the stain with concentrated detergent suds.
  • It's washable, scrubbable and has a tough matt finish. The Sun
  • You're eating lunch in the cafeteria, wearing your scrubs, your high-tech stethoscope around your neck, a hemostat clipped onto you somewhere, tourniquets tied onto it. Excerpt: Never Change by Elizabeth Berg
  • Basal diameter and height of each scrub oak stem within the plot were recorded.
  • The broom handles were also scrubbed and stood out in the yard to dry. Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who Were There
  • Pain and regret cannot scrub me clean, no matter how much I wish it.
  • Ready availability being the most precious of Prohibition virtues, gin was lifted above the historical pedigree that led Willa Cather to call it “the consolation of sailors and inebriate scrub-women.” LAST CALL
  • A wombat foraged through the underscrub searching for roots.
  • The eggs of the leipoa, or native pheasant, are found in singular – looking mounds of sand, thrown up by the bird in the midst of the scrubs, and often measuring several yards in circumference. An account of the manners and customs of the Aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans, by Edward John Eyre
  • Washing happened in an enormous sink on the rooftop or in the compound, scrubbed in cold water and using a special detergent and a stiff brush on a corrugated washboard.
  • Unlike many of the villages we've passed, this one appears scrubbed.
  • Apply the scrub in the usual way and gently massage the skin for three to four minutes. The Natural Beauty Book - cruelty-free cosmetics to make at home
  • Coastal wetlands are also characteristic of this ecoregion, and near the first foothills of the western range there are some arid, rocky scrublands with abrupt relief, where columnar, candelabra and opuntia cacti typically grow. Sechura desert
  • Use a stiff brush to scrub the potatoes clean. Times, Sunday Times
  • The chinkara scattered into the scrub as we approached but the blackbuck kept appearing and reappearing, leaping across our path as we drove through the desert.
  • It looked a little like Texas scrubland, flat, open brownness with small shrubs and bits of grass cropping up here and there. I’m Still Standing
  • You must wash all tackle in hot soapy water, making sure to scrub the reel foot, winch fittings and rod guides.
  • This night, the turtle was laying her eggs on a low shelf of sand near a line of dune scrub and low palms, not far from dense jungle that is home to the deadly fer-de-lance snake, caimans, howler monkeys and sloths.
  • We can see a plume of smoke rising from the scrub beyond the airport 's perimeter wire. Times, Sunday Times
  • There ain't no grass, said Moochie Metz, 83 years old, as Black Angus cattle foraged in short scrub less than 10 miles from the swollen river. Two Plagues Hit Louisiana
  • Some scramble for the freshly scrubbed MBAs; others want analysts who come from the industry they will cover.
  • One day, Sniffy was scrubbing his toes in the pond.
  • Scabies is normally treated with a scrub bath, boiling the fomites (clothes and bed linens), and application of benzyl benzoate. 11: Human health care
  • The average gunplay is fun, if not very similar to a lot of what’s out there, and all of this would be just fine, if the jetpack elements outshone these, the freeing motions of flight scrubbing away the dullness! DARK VOID PS3 Review – Collider.com
  • They are then scrubbed with clean water and left to dry off for an hour or two in a warm room.
  • We scrubbed floors from morning to night and I had to handle used sanitary pads. The Sun
  • The Taverham visitor spent much time hunting for insects and larvae among fallen leaves in scrubby woodland.
  • Conserving their habitat could involve preserving a patch of scrub or delaying the cutting of a swathe of hay for a few days until a bird has fledged its young.
  • Pangea sells what it calls "ecocentric bodycare" products: cleansers, scrubs, creams, toners, masks, lotions and soaps, among other items. Pangea Organic's line of natural skin-care products is growing
  • The guidelines focus on requirements for flammability, tear strength, abrasion resistance, washability, scrubbability, and stain resistance.
  • You can choose from an exfoliating scrub, body and bath oil, SPF moisturizing lotion (all made from sugar, a natural exfoliant, and jojoba oil, a skin hydrator).
  • After clothes and linens had been thoroughly rubbed and scrubbed using homemade soap made from beef tallow and lye (soap-making is another whole story), they were wrung out by hand and placed in a second tub to be rinsed.
  • Dress for the highest moments of your calling, not for the scrubbiest. Archive 2006-06-25
  • This treatment involves scrubbing off the top layer of dead skin.
  • The minimum quantity of air at the end of the line brattice before starting each cut and the operating range after the scrubber is started will be measured by a certified mine official.
  • The scrubland (cotos) and heathland ecotone (vera) are the richest habitats for most animals apart from waterbirds. Doñana National Park, Spain
  • Masenga had to depend on daylight. Their scrubs and gowns grew dark with sweat.
  • This unmistakeable member of the crow family was ever present on the Scrubs with at least 10 birds chacking away during the month, though 30 were counted on the 25th.
  • It's a cameraman's film and mostly about riding dangerously through mulga, about rounding up scrub bulls, about branding and marking with the mass of Mt Leichhardt rising up in blue splendour beyond.
  • The programme hears from a woman who avoided leaving her house for 10 years, and if she had to, scrubbed herself so violently afterwards that she literally got down to the last of her seven layers of skin.
  • TV programmes and books try to persuade us that we, whoever we are, can make over scrubby lawns, and construct a little Blenheim in a rectangle of twenty by thirty feet.
  • This comes after a vigorous scrub made with crushed apple pips. Times, Sunday Times
  • Our policy requires surgical team members to wear bouffant-style disposable hats and two-piece scrub suits.
  • The horses stood near a patch of scrub.
  • surgeons must scrub prior to an operation
  • Dumping shampoo and conditioner on my head, I squirted some shower gel on a sponge and scrubbed the grime off my body.
  • Sure, they had a certain scrubby appeal, but the guys on Jackass were basically dorks. Mr Jackass : GQ Feature
  • Now I have a temporary desk space in the upstairs back room we're using as a library, very cosy and snug, and a view over the belt of woody scrubland at the back of the estate.
  • Usually at Cheltenham you're scrubbing the heads off your horses trying to get them closer.
  • Even French women of modest means are much more likely than American women to get treatments in spas or clinics that scrub, polish, buff, massage and cream their skins.
  • She washed, moisturised, shaved, cleansed, toned, scrubbed and deodorised her skin, before putting on a deep-sea facemask, accompanied by the traditional cucumbers.
  • I also prefer scrubbing in the shower to dry brushing, which is a popular technique for exfoliating and boosting circulation. The new beauty secrets
  • One answer has been to transform large areas of scrub land, known as cerrado, into arable land, by reducing the soil's acidity to make it suitable for cattle grazing and soybean cultivation. Investors Search for Land of Opportunity
  • 7 Remove calluses with a pumice stone or exfoliating scrub.
  • There also grew, in the sandy bed of this river, a new white-flowered MELALEUCA, resembling M. ERICIFOLIA, but with long mucronate leaves90; and, in the scrubby bank the Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia
  • There were creams, scrubs, conditioners, foundations, powders and all manner of strange devices with which to apply them.
  • Her crew were idle so she armed them with brushes and mops and set them to scrub the magnificent monument clean.
  • I did not expect to see a noisy scrub-bird, a western bristlebird or a western whipbird.
  • Communities range from xeric habitats such as scrub and scrubby flatwoods to hydric habitats such as floodplain forest and blackwater stream.
  • Their ideal habitat is in long grass or scrubland (semi-arid heath) where they make pathways or runways for feeding and escape if disturbed.
  • * anticipating 3 nerds this week alone begging to perpose to starbuck, george lucas and koji kondo* they should do like i did and fake a shooting and have the doctors tell her in a waiting room that they couldnt save me then hand her "the bullet" which took her a whopping 30 seconds to figure out was a ring ... i am shocked she didnt notice me through the doctors mask and scrubs Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
  • Plunging her hands into the warm water and lathering them with soap, she began to scrub her face.
  • The Old Course wasn't built, it simply evolved, a combination of scrubby seaside turf, wispy grasses, prickly gorse and rolling dunes.
  • But, oh, at the moment my praises go to Lisa Simon's gentle scrub and her suchard dragee coloured body cream. Weekend Beauty - Bath & Body: Confessions of a Bathaholic
  • We scrub down our kitchens and bathrooms with antimicrobial cleansers, make sure to cook our hamburgers thoroughly and swallow antibiotics to treat strep throat infections.
  • In addition to scrub tops, Scrubs Key West offers coordinating jackets, pants, surgical caps and scrunchies.
  • The nails were discoloured and black, while the skin was already grained with dirt which even a scrubbing-brush could not remove. Chapter 6
  • Move the brush in a circular motion around your teeth rather than scrubbing them, which can damage your gums. The Sun
  • Nooley, always too thin, always in need of a good scrub¾totally made-over: Flesh-colored, not the usual dinge, clean shirt, no holes. And We Sell Apples 1977
  • Somewhere, a mile ahead in the dust and scrub, Bapa, Aurangzeb, and Roshan would have halted also to pitch tents, light cooking fires, set up shamiana awnings to keep them cool. Shadow Princess
  • The thicker scrub and thickets of elder, hawthorn and bramble, meanwhile, provide ideal cover for nesting robins, wrens, sparrows, dunnocks, blackbirds and thrushes.
  • Excess acetylene should be vented from reaction flasks, tubing, etc., rather than scrubbed with strong base to avoid the formation of acetylides.
  • She picked up and started scrubbing what appeared to be an already perfectly clean glass bowl.
  • The broom handles were also scrubbed and stood out in the yard to dry. Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who Were There
  • So, rapid acceleration and braking along with enthusiastic cornering will all scrub more rubber from the tread than unhurried progress. Times, Sunday Times
  • Because they can see nothing in front of them but cooking and scrubbing and mending ... and endless babies.
  • In addition, there are different edaphic communities such as the woods of Prosopis scrubs of Baccharis salicifolia (chilca) and Tessaria dodonaefolia (pájaro bobo) in humid places, Atriplex in clayish soils and Suaeda divaricata and Allenrolfea vaginata in salty soils. Argentine Monte
  • Avoid scrubs, because rubbing can irritate this skin condition and exacerbate the flushing.
  • Invariably, the winter sparrows head north again to resume their breeding activities, and I am left to enjoy my resident species, such as the spotted towhee, California towhee, scrub jay, and California thrasher.
  • Physical scrubs contain crushed particles of ingredients like cornmeal and nuts while chemical products use mild exfoliants like glucosamine and glycolic acid to get rid of dead skin cells.
  • Tommy soaked and scrubbed the cookware and then dropped them into the rinse water, while Will put them through the dishwasher before placing them in manageable stacks.
  • The Marais Communal of Curzon lies in the lap of low scrubby hills, like a green sea of stillness.
  • Equisetum are known as horsetails, foxtails, or scouring rushes - this last name is derived from the fact that Equisetum stores granules of silica within its cells, making it an effective tool for scrubbing pots and polishing wood.
  • Scrub the mussels well and discard any open ones. Times, Sunday Times
  • The western and northern boundaries and are delineated by mangroves and the Atlantic Ocean, while the eastern boundary occurs along a precipitation gradient - bordering xeric scrub and scrublands in the north, llanos and wetlands in the central portions, and moist forests in the south. Orinoco Delta swamp forests
  • We have not seen a drop of water on the surface; the ground evidently absorbs all that falls; the scrub is principally the mulga and hakea bushes and acacia, with a few other small bushes, but very little salt bush. The Journals of John McDouall Stuart
  • ‘We often neglect the skin on our bodies,’ says Evans, who makes sure to give herself an in-shower sloughing with a body scrub (which can get rid of dead skin cells and make skin smooth) every other day.
  • He scrubbed the blood from his shoes.
  • His face is scrubbed, his clothes are ironed and his hair is slicked down.
  • Original or diluent will directly drops or gush in besmirch, wait 1-2 minutes, with soft cloth to wipe the scrub brush or, and then rinse clean can.
  • I would be happy to find some remnant scrub land locally, but it has mostly been cleared so as not to impede these galloping pets. Times, Sunday Times
  • On nearing the lakes the creek assumes so dismal an appearance, and so funereal is the aspect of the dead scrub and dark tops of the "boree" (a kind of mulga), that one wonders that Gregory did not choose the name of Spinifex and Sand
  • The scrub student gowned and gloved, set up sterile fields, draped patients, and assisted with surgery.
  • Or, scrub the pot with half a lemon sprinkled with kosher salt, and rinse thoroughly.
  • The birds love the dense thickets and scrub and clumps of bushes like blackthorn that grow in the older sites of the park.
  • They were equally happy living in steep scrub and grass areas as in the bush.
  • The city of Taos lies on the edge of the high desert in the Carson National Forest, amid squat juniper trees, prickly scrub grasses and towering evergreens.
  • After you've scrubbed your bathroom and kitchen floors, you don't want to walk on them for days.
  • Wormwood Scrubs is the last place Murphy's legion of admirers would have expected him to end up, as he took second place on Smartie in the Aintree Grand National of 2001.
  • Of particular importance are Albert's lyrebird Menura alberti, the superb lyrebird M. novaehollandiae and rufous scrub-bird Atrichornis rufescens, both of which represent families with only two species, and are endemic to Australia. Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, Australia
  • They lead into pine forests as well as impressive stands of coastal sage scrub and chaparral communities notable for Mojave yuccas, prickly pear, and agaves.
  • They had left the hamlet and circled to the far side of the hill before beginning their ascent, threading their way through rocks and scrub to the wood straddling the crest.
  • Instead of dense woodlands there was dry thorny scrub, cacti and open bare dusty areas. SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD
  • Beyond these rose a further wall of mountain, the lower heights still overgrown with beautiful grass and plants, above which were stonier slopes, covered only with scrub, that led gradually up to the steep, bare rocky summits. Heidi
  • Beyond this on dry land, black, northern red, and “scrub” oaks can get established, along with pitch pine, beach plum, and bayberries. The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States
  • His adoption of a soldier's guise gives the usually scrubbed detective a much grungier look, making him seem less an interloper than an authentic member of the poverty-choked netherworld he's infiltrating in his search for the gun.
  • I looked for someone to volunteer, but both doctors had their hands deep within the patient's belly, and the scrub nurse was focused on preparing instruments for the surgeon's next move.
  • The vegetation consisted of low scrub.
  • Imagine paying a little money for a clean towel and a piece of soap, entering the men's or women's half of the establishment and stripping absolutely starkers for a scrub down, sauna and soak with the neighbours.
  • Dumont would have made "a good pantler, he would have chipp'd bread well;" or, like Scrub, he might have "drawn warrants, or drawn beer," -- but I should doubt if, in a transaction of this nature, the A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Part IV., 1795 Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners
  • Here, in the scrubby land mantled in the after glow of a soft sunset, springbok leapt and Cape mountain zebra grazed even as herds of black wildebeest stared at us intently and then galloped away.
  • Colin had been put into a bath and been scrubbed from head to foot.
  • I set to work scrubbing on my green hair with the strongest lye soap, hoping for positive results.
  • The gas is then scrubbed with a high-boiling organic solvent which is miscible with water and to which sulfur is added.
  • Coastal rock and scrub habitats are easily distinguished by the species present and by the geographical location.
  • It's a fine and noble thing to allow children a glimpse into our nation's rich past, even if the view is filtered through a rose-colored lens that has been scrubbed as clean as patent leathers.
  • The thought brought fear and a twinge of panic as Christopher scrubbed at his scalp.
  • Scrub and grassland with many butterflies. A Guide to Britain's Conservation Heritage
  • At the beach a mile later, after two deer in a patch of scrub oak bring the hikers to an awed standstill, the teachers present the day's lessons.
  • Councillors decided the broken down buildings, smashed fences and forgotten scrubland were giving passengers a bad impression of the town.
  • There were low trees and scrub all around. Times, Sunday Times
  • In South Africa, the sandstone domes and verdant scrubland give kloofing, a ramped-up version of canyoneering, its own natural draws. Up and Down Canyons
  • They were a scrubby and desolate range from which bears and mountain lions streamed down to ogle and sometimes attack the inhabitants of houses gouged from the hills. Denise Hamilton discusses Sugar Skull
  • Dawn to dusk, each hour, Patricio would guide twenty pilgrims to the cave while the others queued up, seeking shade under every leafless cactus and scrubby tree near the chain. The Calling
  • Where better to scrub away pollutants and declare yourself clean, green and ready to save the world? Times, Sunday Times
  • I ended up scrubbing the tyres in and the shaking problems I had disappeared.
  • Our goats are specially bred for milk production as well as for show, not ‘backyard’ scrub goats.
  • Unveiled women volunteer shy smiles as they continue with their chores: scrubbing pans, spinning wool, or in one case churning butter in a goatskin suspended from a wooden tripod.
  • Most of the existing wetlands are freshwater, coniferous scrub/shrub wetlands, with small palustrine forested wetland complexes as well as Atlantic White Cedar wetland complexes. 2009 March « Beachwood Historical Alliance
  • Chemicals: Used in machines chemicals replace direct manual energy such as wiping, scrubbing and scraping with chemical energy.
  • The scrubland has around a dozen olive trees surrounded by a low stone wall. The Sun
  • Between taking it out for post-work training rides, racing it on the weekends, scrubbing it down on Sunday afternoons trying to get that last bit of mud unstuck from the bottom bracket shell, me and the Raleigh spend a lot of time together. The Trails of Redmond « PubliCola
  • Mix a tablespoon each of baking soda and raw sugar for a pore-opening scrub, Borba says.
  • He noticed he was an intern at the hospital by his scrubs and the tag on his shirt labeling him as such.
  • The dwarf scrub communities are dominated by crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) and include other ericads (Vaccinium spp.), arctic willow (Salix arctica), and white mountain-avens (Dryas octopetala). Alaska Peninsula montane taiga
  • I finished down an arched spine of a ridge, village in view, and sloe tree scrub and birch, menacing fly agaric funghi, and a flashing flock of goldcrests.
  • Father would give you a belt over the head with the scrubbing brush.
  • Luckily for Clyde, the beaker had shattered between his sweatshirt and his scrub top. DO NO HARM
  • The moss is threatened by habitat destruction through the reworking or infilling and landscaping of quarries, and also by scrub encroachment.
  • As an adult she kept her homes immaculately clean, tidying, changing beds and scrubbing surfaces every day.
  • The body scrubbing is fast and efficient, then my face is exfoliated with fast, but gentle, strokes. Norma Kamali: Am I at a Korean Day Spa or on Set With Italian Vogue?
  • Between the Sutlej and Lahore lie fifty of the hottest, flattest, scrubbiest miles on earth, and I supposed we'd cover them in a long day's ride, but Sardul said we should lie overnight at a serai* (* Inn, rest-house.) a few miles from the city: there was something he wanted me to see. Flashman And The Mountain Of Light
  • Further, the dense vegetation and extensive root systems of intact scrub appear to limit invasion by most weedy native or introduced species.
  • And during the negotiations, about 3,700 acres of coastal sage scrub were destroyed.
  • Mixed deciduous woodland, scrub, limestone grassland. A Guide to Britain's Conservation Heritage
  • In the end, though, it is attention to detail that keeps this good book from being great, that keeps it down among the brambly shadows of the scrub and canyons.
  • The rock appeared very old and worn, especially the cliff face, which looked as though it had been eroded by water over many millennia, leaving its scrub-grown surface scored and intaglioed with rounded vertical gullies.
  • The work will involve removing undergrowth, felling scrub and a large bonfire!
  • Finally, Susan knelt, costive, to the scrub, arms bent out and away, and picked up her skein, gradually attaching it to her belt. 365 tomorrows » 2010 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
  • That first look down the length of the boardwalk, the black line of trees between sunset-fired sky and swamp, the dun bulk of a wild pony in the scrub or a heron's pose in a field of reeds… the moment is unique, but it moves all of us just the same.
  • I cleaned and scrubbed, washed and purified, showered and bathed and sponged and splashed.
  • Scrubby coat and trousers, dirty shirt, scarf, and cap, socks more like anklets for holes, and a pair of split boots; bedraggled hat, frowsy jacket, blouse and skirt, squashy boots, and perhaps a patchy "pelerine" or mangy "boa" -- such is accepted as the natural costume for the heirs of all the ages. Essays in Rebellion
  • Chalk grassland, scrub, and deciduous woodland with box and yew. A Guide to Britain's Conservation Heritage
  • The West Texas scrubland is gorgeous, though it’s hard to imagine anyone surviving for long among the gravelly soil and stunted shrubs. A Bland and Deadly Courtesy
  • The San Gabes were a scrubby desolate range northeast of the city, from which bears and mountain lions emerged with regularity to attack the inhabitants of tract houses gouged from the hills. Excerpt: The Jasmine Trade by Denise Hamilton
  • I tried to scrub it off in the bathroom, but it wouldn't come off.
  • The scrub person then drapes the patient by securing a towel with an adhesive strip on the patient's forehead and placing a body drape down the entire length of the patient.
  • Do not be tempted to scrub the gloss finish of the rod itself with the scourer to remove those stubborn mackerel scales.
  • His wiry form was scrubbed and dressed in garb that young men normally wear only to funerals and for appearances before the headmaster. Times, Sunday Times
  • First give them a good scrub with a wire brush to get rid of any flaky bits. The Sun
  • So, throughout the morning, Henriette swept and scrubbed and polished, sometimes heaving a sigh, sometimes rebuking her children, but for the most part silent as a songless bird. Two Tales of Old Strasbourg
  • Driving up the side of Vesuvius, through the switchback bends, the houses thinned and gave way to pine forest; then the pine forest thinned and gave way to scrub.
  • Thirty-eight testers on two coasts - armed with dry, chapped, rough skin - soaked, scrubbed, moisturized and massaged to find out what really works.
  • There is greater harm done in not scrubbing enough than from scrubbing too much.
  • Vegetation within the desert consists of a thin scrub of Anabasis brevifolia while the peripheral areas support a dwarf woodland dominated by saxaul bush (Haloxylon ammodendron) and the gymnosperm Ephedra przewalskii. Junggar Basin semi-desert
  • Nearby, the rough grass and scrub contain large stands of teasels and thistles, which provide seeds for finches - goldfinch, chaffinch, bullfinch, brambling and siskin are frequent winter visitors.
  • Wash your garment with care and avoid scrubbing excessively to prevent damaging it.
  • However, key potential improvements, such a requirement for sulphur scrubbers, have not been properly considered.
  • She also thought I scrub up well… Unfortunately it didn't last, after four hours in the pub I looked a bit rumpled to say the least!
  • After scrubbing with a nylon brush, thoroughly wash the area.
  • The shuttle Endeavour's launch was scrubbed last Friday only hours before liftoff.
  • The sugar and honey scrub smells good enough to eat. Times, Sunday Times
  • While it can't rename local roads and water bodies, the agency is finally scrubbing the n-word from its regulations. Offensive Environment
  • Well, look at it this way, I mean, when you come right down to it, that girl, she's a bit of a scrubber, isn't she?
  • In contrast to this site, La Parrilla is a well-preserved scrubland with dense and large patches composed of tall scrubs, small trees, and vines, separated by open interspaces.

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