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They provide so much support for our planet, as decomposers, pest controllers, food for other animals and generally for keeping our systems clean and tidy.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

The beds and food bowls are gone; the floor where they always left messes after devouring the grub I made them is eerily clean.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Over the past two seasons, only Arsenal's David Raya has kept more Premier League clean sheets.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

And facts so clean that a satirist would reject them as too on the nose: one six-pack, one dry village, one retired pilot, one $95,000 plane.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

After a moment I lay back and let her clean it, still holding onto Obeah’s ruff, holding onto a friend.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

"At first, I was an office cleaner and yes, that was my full-time job for nine years," the now 34-year-old says.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Under the ETS, Europe's industries and power plants are required to buy a permit, or allowance, for every tonne of carbon dioxide they emit, creating a financial incentive to invest in cleaner technologies.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Some New Yorkers wait years to get a near-minimum-pay job as a subway cleaner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

This refinery also risks becoming a stranded asset as the world moves toward cleaner energy.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

D.C. is almost like Brooklyn, but much cleaner with way fewer people crowded onto the streets.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi

Ohtani gave up seven hits for a quality start that wasn’t his cleanest but was enough for the Dodgers to win after Hernández’s blast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

And it said this year's World Cup was likely to be the "cleanest" with about 40–50% of the electricity used expected to come from renewables.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

Croatia’s grid is among the cleanest in Europe: Renewables supplied more than 52% of all electricity consumed in 2025, with a further 15% from nuclear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

Paying off the loan seems like the cleanest option, and psychologically it’s attractive.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026

My mother sometimes said proudly that this plant was the cleanest in Georgia.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata

Benny Roman, who cleans at Times Square subway station, says he once encountered a man who threw a whole plate of food on the floor before him, then told him to clean it up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Because demand for the free cleans is so high, they are stationed in New York indefinitely, cleaning around five apartments a day, five days a week.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

Bass has credited her Inside Safe program, which cleans encampments and moves people into motel rooms, for driving the recent decline in street sleeping.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

And it cleans up in the third, loyalty revenue, including from credit cards, retail partners, and lounge memberships.

From Barron's ● May 8, 2026

Julia cries all evening, while her father sweeps and mops and dusts and cleans the toilets.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate

Councilmember Ysabel Jurado said it was “outrageous” for Lineage to apply for permits to rebuild while the disaster it created had not been cleaned up and the surrounding area “remains in shambles.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Local residents arrived in the village to inspect their homes, while others cleaned up the dust and debris from their damaged properties.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

The corps was far more numerous than the populations of the villages on its route; its ravages cleaned out food stores that local peoples counted on for survival.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

"He has cut violent crime to record lows, cleaned up the capital's air, delivered the Elizabeth Line, and got London building council homes again," the source said.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

I found them for Winky and cleaned them up.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

“I always think, like the song, about cleaning it up or at least culling it so I could get all the records off the floor and onto the shelves.”

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026

“For too long, cities and taxpayers have shouldered the entire cost of cleaning up pollution that comes from these large commercial properties,” said Bruce Reznik, executive director of the group Los Angeles Waterkeeper.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Periodontists often manage patients with deep cleaning and scaling, and occasionally lasers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Earlier, the animal had already attacked a cleaning worker inside.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

“We released the bluefish, but Macon is cleaning the sheepshead down at the pier.”

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn