Example Sentences

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Congratulations to Australia, with any luck England will be wiping those smiles off your faces next weekend.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2022

Poll workers will be wiping down voting booths “as they can,” he said.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2020

“They’ve got this new capability at their disposal, and will be wiping away the drool thinking about all the opportunities they have for that rocket to reach out to other planets.”

From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2018

In a few brief moments after that tear is shed, thy God will be wiping every vestige of it away?

From The Faithful Promiser by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)