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[kleen] / klin /








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Brennan Gilmore, executive director of Clean Virginia, a political advocacy organization formed to counter Dominion Energy, urged state officials to scrutinize the deal.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

"When it rains, there can be tens of thousands of E.coli units per 100ml," Karen Shackleton from the Ilkley Clean River Group tells me.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

It’s a dynamic that’s been reinforced everywhere, from childhood messaging to entire genres of television built around spectacle: “Hoarders,” “How Clean Is Your House?,”

From Salon • May 5, 2026

"Last year was the breakthrough for heavy electrified vehicles in China," Lauri Myllyvirta, co-founder of the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air and expert on China's energy consumption, told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

“Not river water, the healer said. Clean, fresh well water.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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