cleaning

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The attempt went relatively smoothly, she explains, apart from a "nightmarish" section when cleaning a kid's playground at four in the morning where the game's bright primary colours affected her in "a very psychedelic way".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Rather than immediately cleaning the fossils, he inspected them closely.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

At that moment, I thought, “Man, if only I’d been cleaning that yard instead, I’d be 5 pounds richer right now.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

In San Francisco, Lurie has enjoyed high approval ratings and amassed a social-media following with his relentless boosterism and focus on cleaning up and cutting red tape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Mrs. Tilbury’s cleaning the table next to ours.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin