cleaning

Example Sentences

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For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use – people cleaning their teeth with sticks or fibers, or easing gum pain with makeshift “toothpicks.”

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

If it was all trouble and strife, depression and anxiety, push and pull, cooking and cleaning, loneliness and isolation, you would never stay in this relationship.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

I was at the reopening of the Thomas Mann House, shut down for months of cleaning after it had miraculously survived the Palisades fire.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

It also reported its teams were cleaning up 18 reported spills from an estimated 60 bunkering points.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

“I could bring over some cleaning supplies, if you want.”

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy