washed

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They spent four months in basic training and then were sent to the front in Karen state - one night, on their way to get washed, they decided to make a run for it.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Wind gusts were so strong at Island Bay that two women were knocked off their feet as waves washed up over the road, an AFP journalist saw.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

A wall label informs us that Duchamp, at the 1912 Paris Aviation Show, told Constantin Brancusi: “Painting’s washed up. Who’ll do anything better than that propeller?”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

An officer had visited Saundersfoot beach, NRW said, but found no trace of the animals as they had been washed back into the sea.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Down the hill, the mayor gathered together the sheriff and the board and the farmers whose houses had washed away.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney