sanitize
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The company must also sanitize the freezer within seven days of clearing out remaining food waste.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
“I think it was a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize accurate reporting,” Alfonsi told the New York Times of her firing.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026
Fans who have long mourned F1’s transformation from hell-for-leather test of nerve into slick entertainment product see this as merely the latest in a string of measures to sanitize the sport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
In the face of efforts to erase or sanitize the uncomfortable history of our country, confronting this past is more important than ever.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
Isn’t that what you use to sanitize our toilets?
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
Jolie’s voice has been slightly mixed with Callas’ in such a way that it ever so slightly sanitizes Callas’.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2024
About a year ago, he purchased a Plunge, a $4,990 plug-in tub that filters, circulates and sanitizes water in addition to cooling it down to 39 degrees Fahrenheit.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
When it's time to clean surfaces, "Always have vinegar because it doesn't go bad. It also cleans and sanitizes surfaces if you don't have bleach," he said.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2022
It cleans its contaminated sewage with an anaerobic reactor that sanitizes by biological means.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2021
It always ends back up the mountain, where he empties the tanks into his home cistern, sanitizes the contents with bleach, then pumps it into his home for bathing and washing clothes.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 27, 2021
Amid ongoing concerns, district officials have assured parents schools are safe, campuses have been sanitized and high-grade air filters installed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
That standard should apply across the board, and it begins with independent audits: test sets built not from sanitized benchmarks but from questions people actually ask.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Other presidents have also sometimes behaved contrary to democratic ideals, and national memorials often present a more sanitized version of American history.
From Slate ● May 18, 2026
But now and then, something slips through the cracks, something that can’t be sanitized or ignored, no matter how much money or editing goes into it.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026
The schoolmaster, Mr. Henderson, had sanitized the door latch I’d touched.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
Infantino has a gift for seduction—and sanitizing controversy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Years ago, Douthat might have been accused of sanitizing the figures who appear on his podcast or of providing intellectual cover to the legitimately unhinged.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2025
Crews have been removing more than 10 tons of debris and sanitizing campuses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025
“This comes in the form of communications and branding standards. Is that going to be the next frontier in sanitizing the realities of our differences? ”
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024
The puff of cold sanitizing air made Coal shiver, and his skin wavered into view, then became transparent again.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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