Example Sentences

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The government is committed to its upkeep - on a recent visit, workers were repainting the high white walls.

From Reuters • Aug. 20, 2019

A couple of men in white overalls were repainting the surface of the tank, seated on swinging platforms that hung by hooks from the roof.

From The Octopus : A story of California by Norris, Frank