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Mr. El-Sayed cleaned up in Washtenaw County, home of the University of Michigan, while losing majority-black Detroit and working-class Macomb County.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Stand-in captain Salman Ali Agha was cleaned up, Ali Usman and Mohammed Rizwan were lbw – the latter on a marginal DRS – and Mohammed Abbas lost his off stump.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Weisberger said cheap valuations for gold miners as a group were “noteworthy,” and that many of these companies have boosted their profit margins and cleaned up their balance sheets.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

He felt some discomfort in his shoulder, the same one he had surgically cleaned up in September, since last Saturday in New York, Stewart said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

It was a pretty park, when it got cleaned up.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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