cleared away
Example Sentences
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It was a reminder that while the mud and the original “wealth and prosperity” had been cleared away to make room for concrete and brick, the pull of one’s origins remain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
Almost all of Mandalay's flattened or toppled residential buildings have been cleared away, some of them already rebuilt and others remaining as fenced-off empty lots dotting the city.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Debris from around the base of the cross has already been cleared away.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025
Bravo has been slowly dismantling the fourth wall for a while, and with “Love Hotel,” the last of the rubble is cleared away.
From Salon • May 5, 2025
Fire cleared away trees and shrubs, allowing wheat and other grasses to monopolise the sunlight, water and nutrients.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
