clean
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Medicine has never had anything close to a clean map of the human body.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
The American people desperately need that clean air right now.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
“The exciting part is that this generation is not about wiping the slate clean, but about beginning a new slate,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Conductive nanoparticles used in electronic circuits also perform best when their surfaces remain as clean and pristine as possible.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
“Not that the work matters, Casper. Not that it matters at all. But,” she dismissed us crisply, “I’m not going to leave an untidy desk behind for someone else to clean up.”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Squeezed at the edge of the scene is a table with the tools of an artist scattered about—palette knife, tubes of paints, a can of brush cleaner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
He points out how EU sulphur limits changed behaviour: ships calling at European ports had to switch to cleaner fuels or fit scrubbers to reduce pollution.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
The city and county opened two smoke respite shelters in the immediate area so that people could breath cleaner air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
In other words, it is designed to give policymakers a cleaner read on underlying inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
He had to shout to be heard over the noise of the vacuum cleaner.
From "Mystery Map (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #3)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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Ohtani gave up seven hits for a quality start that wasn’t his cleanest but was enough for the Dodgers to win after Hernández’s blast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
“With scarce, high-quality direct-to-device spectrum seeing strong marks in recent transactions…we think Viasat’s portfolio, arguably the largest and cleanest globally, represents meaningful upside,” wrote Raymond James analyst Brent Penter in a May research note.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 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
Paying off the loan seems like the cleanest option, and psychologically it’s attractive.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
"Really? I find it so extraordinarily clean. One of the cleanest cities in all Europe."
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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Benny Roman, who cleans at Times Square subway station, says he once encountered a man who threw a whole plate of food on the floor before him, then told him to clean it up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Scheets and other young entrepreneurs are also driving the trend by capitalizing on demand for full-service cleans to keep America’s aging fleet of vehicles looking spiffy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 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
In 2024, 44% of the Marine Conservation Society's beach cleans recorded balloon litter.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
While her father, George, cleans the mall each night, Julia sits by my domain.
From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate
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The advisory added that individuals should make sure all of this gear is cleaned thoroughly before bringing it back inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Residents have also suggested the source of the flies could be the area's drains, which they claim aren't cleaned as regularly as they used to be.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
“You clean that up, you know, you start to see the streets get cleaned up again.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
He notes that without his previous experience recognizing fossilized wasp nests, he might have simply cleaned away the unusual sediment during fossil preparation.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
The minute you start worrying about whether you cleaned your breakfast bowl before you left your cave, you’ve missed something interesting right in front of your face.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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A cleaning tip to liberate your home from sticker tyranny: If you have a kiddo in your life, you know that stickers can magically appear on just about every surface within their arm’s reach.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
"While historic indoor markets present unique operational challenges, our maintenance teams are actively addressing immediate issues, including external weeding, deep cleaning, and structural upkeep," it continued.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Transit cleaning is no path to riches and can be grueling work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The death toll from devastating floods in southern China's Guangxi region rose to 39 on Thursday, with nine people still missing, state media reported, as residents went about cleaning up.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
“I have no intention of cleaning it up,” Lady Constance replied, momentarily thrown.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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