Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Scratches
Both words in one sentence
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The gang members keep firing until the car behind him explodes, but not even that scratches him.
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Screams Like a Little Girl: Huntress recognizes that when the Calculator screams like a little girl after a few scratches he erases the respect and fear that he used to keep his henchmen in line.
Source: Comic Book / Birds of Prey -
Amazingly Tensai notices he knows how to roll with a fall, as well as a lot of stamina to keep running back into the room after being ejected outside and only has light scratches on himself after ten attempts.
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