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cleaning

[klee-ning] / ˈkli nɪŋ /


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She began in the finishing department, cleaning and packing items before they were shipped to customers.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I think that takes away a lot of the dirtiness of it because, you know, you’re wiping it down for them, you’re cleaning it before you give them something.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The black leather boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, were discovered by volunteers cleaning up rock pools on Ogmore By Sea Beach in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales.

From BBC

Meanwhile, assistance with “hands-off” tasks such as cooking, cleaning and running errands had an annual median cost of $75,504, the survey found.

From MarketWatch

Some are never given a rifle again and are condemned instead to cleaning and endless drills.

From The Wall Street Journal