clean
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But Iribarren told Rodríguez that the company aims to “bring clean, reliable and low-cost energy” to the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Meta Platforms hasn’t had as clean an artificial-intelligence narrative as some of its Big Tech rivals, but that may now be changing.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
"But the greatest opportunity lies ahead," Wilkinson added, citing critical minerals, clean industrial development and Arctic security as areas of potential cooperation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Earlier this week, TikTok announced a $1bn investment in Finland to build a new data centre in Kouvola, pointing to the country's "strong digital infrastructure, clean energy mix, robust data governance and skilled tech talent".
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
She thinks of the people at the Tala Leprosarium in Novaliches, who don’t have beds of their own, or even clean water.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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It pivoted from powering the site with natural-gas turbines to using cleaner, quieter fuel cells from Bloom Energy, up to 2.45 gigawatts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The West Coast is home to one of the busiest freight corridors in the United States, and it’s getting cleaner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Ann Russell, a cleaner from Hampshire, amassed a global following of three million people on TikTok after she began posting videos of her day job online.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Then came paper towels, Method cleaner, dish soap, lime sparkling water and grapefruit-scented antibacterial wipes.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
The man who runs the dry cleaner next to the salon stands in stark opposition.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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The school with the cleanest record got the mildest outcome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
As Ruthye, Ridley’s crisp British elocution is the cleanest thing in the movie, which is shot by Rob Hardy in shades of mustard smog and latrine brown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
As Brusuelas puts it: "It's the cleanest shirt in a very filthy laundry."
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
And it said this year's World Cup was likely to be the "cleanest" with about 40–50% of the electricity used expected to come from renewables.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
When Mrs. Zuckerman got through and rubbed him dry, he was the cleanest, prettiest pig you ever saw.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
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Volunteer Mitchel Reising cleans a pen occupied by elephant seals 3.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
If the bank credibly cleans house, Treasury can reconsider the proposed measure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Bass has credited her Inside Safe program, which cleans encampments and moves people into motel rooms, for driving the recent decline in street sleeping.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
And it cleans up in the third, loyalty revenue, including from credit cards, retail partners, and lounge memberships.
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
Across the room, Yarrow cleans up the mess on the floor, red-faced, as everyone else pretends not to notice.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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On the peninsula in Long Beach on Tuesday, several neighbors checked on one another as they cleaned up debris from the flooding and storm damage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Oh, sorry, sir,” he said sheepishly before turning back to the others, who immediately lowered their voices and cleaned up their language.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Three of the country's worst illegal dumps are due to be cleaned up using taxpayers' money, the government has announced.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
At the shelter, the female dog was cleaned, fed, vaccinated and checked for a microchip, according to county animal services staff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
They ran errands, delivered food, swept sidewalks, cleaned windows, fixed machines, built glorious structures, and did more jobs than you can possibly imagine.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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The committee's questioning focused on testing and cleaning up of suspected sites, of which there could be thousands.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Homendy said earlier this week that the plane ended up 1,300 feet beyond the paved runway and crashed into a Ford Econoline van carrying seven people for a cleaning service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Beyond small vendors, the informal sector also includes large numbers of people employed without a contract or social security coverage in artisanal trades, security, the restaurant industry or cleaning, who face a precarious existence.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
That means replacing turf, putting down new field markings, taking down the goal posts, cleaning the entire place and the like.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
At least I’m in a science classroom with a ton of cleaning supplies because it takes the rest of homeroom for me to wipe up the ink.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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