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Signs of water damage, and the clean sweep of the pharaoh’s funerary items, suggest the contents of the tomb were rescued from flooding, rather than ransacked by grave robbers, according to Piers Litherland, head of the New Kingdom Research Foundation.

In their home summer, Sciver-Brunt oversaw a clean sweep in both white-ball formats against West Indies in her first series in charge but they were subsequently beaten in both series against a far superior India, who are hosting the World Cup with Sri Lanka.

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But all in all, their track record has been nearly a clean sweep.

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The Chargers came into the game with wins over Kansas City and Las Vegas, but needed to top Denver for their first 3-0 start since 2002 and a clean sweep of the first half of divisional games.

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World number eight De Minaur then teamed up with American Alex Michelsen in the doubles to beat Casper Ruud and Rune 6-3 6-4 and complete a clean sweep of day two victories for Team World.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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