Example Sentences

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It also reported its teams were cleaning up 18 reported spills from an estimated 60 bunkering points.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Workers at Catalyst Refiners Inc. in Institute, W.Va., were cleaning and decontaminating a metal processing site—in preparation for closing it down—when a chemical reaction created dangerous hydrogen sulfide gas around 9:30 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Outside, Minneapolitans were cleaning up the gas canisters ICE had left behind and hugging each other.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

Their bosses had told them that if immigration agents returned, the workers should consider locking themselves inside the cars that they were cleaning.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2025

We sat at the table yawning in front of our hostesses, who were cleaning up after the party.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall