Example Sentences

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In the east of the city, where rescue workers were clearing debris, AFP reporters saw multi-storey buildings with dozens of windows and balconies blown out, their facades charred.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

The unusual find was made as workers were clearing the building's basement ahead of its archives being moved to a newly created museum.

From BBC • May 12, 2025

It's almost as if the mass extinction process were clearing the way for this wild flourishing of new life you've planted.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2025

Still, Buchanan Banks said, “by the time we passed Redlands, I noticed that my sinuses and throat were clearing up.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2025

Bulldozers were clearing away the wreckage of Japanese planes on Yontan airfield.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac