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clearing

[kleer-ing] / ˈklɪər ɪŋ /


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Such efforts will continue to be tested if the battle for the strait shifts from clearing a one-time minefield to keeping the same stretch of water continuously open.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

By clearing out those cells, the treatment may allow the immune system to reset.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

After clearing Nepal immigration, pilgrims cross the border on foot to the Chinese immigration facility in Gyirong.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

The Constitutional Court said Tuesday it had not received any petition challenging the election outcome, clearing the way for Hichilema's inauguration.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

In the middle of the clearing and nowhere else on earth.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

All six have lost belongings and suffered exhaustion and physical ailments since their abrupt clearings.

From Slate Oct. 8, 2025

He also asked his crew to be on the lookout for clearings - free from trees and bushes - just in case one was needed.

From BBC Mar. 28, 2025

As asylum seekers and organizers braced for the clearing, the appointed hour came and went with no police presence or trucks to haul garbage, as homeless encampment clearings usually have.

From Seattle Times Jun. 5, 2024

Just beyond the southern shore there are old timber-company clearings which could someday be converted into trails that hikers can use to reach the adjacent Tahoe National Forest.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2024

They ran southeast, in the direction he wanted them to go, with tails straight out behind their manure-stained haunches, running more like deer than cattle, moving from thicket to thicket for cover, avoiding the clearings.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko




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