wash
Example Sentences
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On this occasion, Leo will return to tradition by performing the traditional "washing of the feet" of 12 Roman priests.
From Barron's
In 2024, a glacial lake in Nepal burst, cascading into another lake that also burst, washing away Thame, the hometown of Tenzing Norgay, who, alongside Edmund Hillary, achieved the first recorded summit of Mount Everest.
His body was found inside the unlocked SUV three days later when Wenrick told the fleet maintenance crew to take the patrol cars to get washed.
From Los Angeles Times
Looks like it’s time to wash off my crush.
From Literature
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Relief washes over me that Mom didn’t overstep, but now I feel stupid, because I’ve just given her dirt on me that I didn’t want her to have.
From Literature
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