clearing
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As he’s watched the clearing take place over the past several weeks, Cross and his wife have made the difficult decision to sell their home.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
You can contact your university before you start to ask about changing course, or you can apply for courses at other universities through clearing.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Under California law, agencies must typically provide at least 48 to 72 hours of advance written notice before clearing a homeless encampment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
All three approaches had been tested individually before, but none had succeeded in permanently clearing the virus.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
At last he lay down next to her, in the center of the circular clearing, under the moon shadow of the trees, facing her.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
But butterflies whose lifecycles are tied to specific habitats, such as woodland clearings or chalk grasslands, are struggling.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
He’s lost tools, scooters, and generators during at least eight city encampment clearings.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2025
As asylum seekers and organizers braced for the clearing, the appointed hour came and went with no police presence or trucks to haul garbage, as homeless encampment clearings usually have.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
Just beyond the southern shore there are old timber-company clearings which could someday be converted into trails that hikers can use to reach the adjacent Tahoe National Forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2024
Their owners had hacked a space in the dense scrub that now covered everything, but the clearings looked temporary.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
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