washing

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Jayme Patton has spent five years washing dishes at various restaurants in the Tucson, Ariz., area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

So maybe I’m cleaning up the kitchen or organizing toys, or making sure the bathroom is straight, or washing clothes while the music is blasting and we’re dancing around, having fun.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

"If the floors needed washing, we would have to get down on our hands and knees, even though we were pregnant," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Lapid, who has frequently criticised the Israeli government, says he understands the wave of anti-Israel feeling washing around parts of the world.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

In some of the thin-walled houses, it was so cold that water could freeze in a bucket before you’d finished washing.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein