Example Sentences

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“Could a cruise member have been cleaning up an area and incidentally aerosolized some rodent droppings?” said Dr. Elizabeth Hudson, regional physician chief of infectious diseases at Kaiser Permanente Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Beijing residents have been cleaning out grocery store shelves there in preparation for the possibility of stricter measures, The Washington Post reported Monday.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2022

I know I said it was a mess, because it was, but Valve and developers have been cleaning up that mess week after week since launch, and it’s getting better all the time.

From The Verge • Apr. 15, 2022

Some 20 people have been cleaning and sanitizing the plant, and they will be joined by 50 to 100 more to keep working at it this weekend.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2017

"Father, I have been cleaning all morning—" So far she got.

From Sinister Paradise by Williams, Robert Moore