cleaning

Example Sentences

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Backing off, cleaning up mechanics and strengthening the right muscles early can help me prevent a minor irritation from progressing to tendinitis, rotator-cuff pathology or a more-persistent overuse injury.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Meanwhile the pipeline stocks the fund does own have been busy paying down debt and cleaning up their own financial profiles.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

"All I am doing is fixing, cleaning, running, and 'sprucing up' a terribly maintained, for many years, Building," Trump wrote about the performing arts venue in Washington DC.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

“Yeah, not until they finish cleaning up the damage,” he says, then adds, kind of wistfully, patting his dog’s head, “We used to walk in there every day.”

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz