Example Sentences

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He added: "But we will clean it up in spring. And next year, it will be back. So we will do the exercise again."

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

He is one of ten dead relatives, whose remains the 62-year-old will clean before this year's Day of the Dead.

From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025

And so, instead of heading to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl on Feb. 11, the Ravens will clean out their lockers while considering what went wrong and how to fix it.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2024

The project will not only offset the need to import water to irrigate the park, it will clean and recycle polluted water that would otherwise be flushed out to sea.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2023

“First we will clean and sterilize the wound.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss