Example Sentences
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A radical acceptance of your fate, floating in the void, washes over you.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026
The 1963 painting Domestic Scene, Los Angeles shows one man in a shower while another man washes his back.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026
The gunk washes into storm drains and pollutes creeks, rivers and beaches.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Lee briefly suspended a membership program for unlimited washes because the service wasn’t up to snuff.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Lake Michigan still washes onto the sand at both Twenty-Sixth Street and Twenty-Ninth Street.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
