cleaning
Example Sentences
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Most Silicon Valley companies at the time lavished their top engineering talent with free lunches, on-site dry cleaning, nap pods and other luxury amenities.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026
Rather than immediately cleaning the fossils, he inspected them closely.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
"All I am doing is fixing, cleaning, running, and 'sprucing up' a terribly maintained, for many years, Building," Trump wrote about the performing arts venue in Washington DC.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Tour boats took curious sightseers to gaze at North Koreans cycling along the Yalu river separating the two countries or cleaning boats on the bank.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
I wanted to explain that I had been in charge of cleaning out all the birdcages and animal stalls back in the temple.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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