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cleanup

[kleen-uhp] / ˈklinˌʌp /








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“By putting NOAA’s scientists and our leading research institutions to work mapping the contamination, tracking how it moves, and exploring cleanup through bioremediation, we can finally address this problem head-on.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Mark Gold, an environmental scientist who has spent more than 30 years pushing for DDT cleanup, said that the bill’s passage would be monumental.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The agency has said it collected over 28,000 air samples and found no ongoing exposure in the East Palestine community from contaminants released by the derailment and subsequent cleanup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Their No. 4 batter is Luis Arraez, who might be the most unconventional cleanup hitter baseball has ever seen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Next was the family cleanup and a lesson of one kind or another—the alphabet, math, poems, or memorizing the sequence of the presidents of the United States in the order they served.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

But for a more immediate fix, wash your produce, water your plants and have a little patience during ash cleanups.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

But as the debate over the division of housework rages, many argue that Japanese fans' signature stadium cleanups should be encouraged, not nitpicked at.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Such cleanups appear to have influenced fans from other countries too.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Army Corps of Engineers cleared nearly 9,700 properties of hazardous items and other fire debris in eight months, one of the fastest cleanups of its size in modern history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026

The old force had come back to work, and for the first time since Broxton Day had arrived in Mexico, the outlook for getting out ore and making regular "cleanups" was bright.

From Janice Day by Helen Beecher Long




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