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clean

[kleen] / klin /








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The end-of-summer networking bonanza was organised by 20 business groups representing everything from cars to clean energy, digital to detergents.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 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

A solution to the fusion problem to unleash clean cheap energy and save our planet could happen within five years, another major technologist has said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

“Plenty to clean up,” first-year Raiders coach Klint Kubiak said of Mendoza after the game.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Daisy squealed her delight and said, “Jay Berry, you’d better be careful. If you wake those monkeys up, they might get mad and run you clean out of the country.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Scientists say the impacts of cleaner air, natural variations and the effects of warming itself are all tangled together.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

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

Then came paper towels, Method cleaner, dish soap, lime sparkling water and grapefruit-scented antibacterial wipes.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

“Um, I have something to talk to you about,” I shout over the roar of the vacuum cleaner.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

“What we’re doing today is saying we are committed to making sure that I-5 is one of the cleanest corridors in the country,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

The school with the cleanest record got the mildest outcome.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 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

In her cell, she stripped to the skin and dressed herself carefully, in two layers of smallclothes, warm stockings, and her cleanest tunic.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Plus, Beijing accelerates its buildup in space and a drone maker cleans 28 tons of waste from Mount Everest.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 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

But the tricky pink is missed, O'Sullivan cleans up, wins the decider and Higgins is out.

From BBC Apr. 24, 2026

His momma, Mrs. Williams, cleans at the Riverwalk Casino—daytime, nighttime, overtime.

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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

Brydon Carse cleaned up Nick Potts with another quick and full ball and in the next over, Bashir lost his middle stump to one angled in.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

Jobe cleaned things up for John during the offseason.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Svetlana’s face grew even more grim, for the out-of-control children were making a mess of the floors she had just cleaned.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Also in attendance at the news conference was Carmen Sanchez, 49, who works the night janitorial shift cleaning offices in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

Mindy Anderson, cleaning up after the lunch rush at the Salty Pantry, called him intelligent and nice.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 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

In a wide-ranging interview, Haas said the chips Arm designs would fuel self-learning AI robots "in a very large way" in manufacturing, cleaning, security, building bridges, and doing repairs within a decade.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

I especially loved accompanying him to his cleaning or handyman work or as he ran his errands downtown, where the White people worked.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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