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Islamic State controls the water sanitation stations that had been purifying the city’s sewage before it reached the river.

From Washington Times • Aug. 9, 2016

Whatever his frame of mind, he began now to study earnestly the works of Baccio, who, while he was seeking patronage in the palace, had been purifying his genius in the Church.

From Fra Bartolommeo by Kendrick, Flora