clean

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Counting to three and closing your eyes is all it takes to wipe the ovine memory clean and return to a state of blissful ignorance.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

“This was a tuneup. Our handoffs were clean and we got the baton around the track. That was our main focus.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

He plans to compete clean for a shot at the money and then return to compete at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Both species make tools for foraging—the crow makes 15 separate ones—but chimps also use tools to scratch or clean their bodies and to threaten others.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The shower too was glorious: warm clean water over my festering skin, streams of water through my matted hair.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom