Example Sentences
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British anticrime officials and the financial-sector watchdogs estimated in 2024 that more than £100 billion in illicit money is laundered inside or through the U.K. every year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Most of the illegally-mined gold is smuggled out to the United Arab Emirates, from where it is laundered into the global supply chain in Europe, the United States, Asia and South Africa.
From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025
“This album is like all of those clothes, but laundered and folded neat and perfectly wrapped in a bow,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
After the trial, Recorder Greg Bull KC said Hill had "laundered" some of her daughters' money by paying her partner's mortgage.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2025
Later I lie on my blankets, still damp from being laundered, and reread my letters from my momma for the millionth time.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
