- present participle of clear.
clearing
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The inquest heard the flight took about 15 minutes - with Ashman landing and clearing the runway before Lomas made her approach.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Musk has already begun clearing land in the area, prompting some residents to make difficult decisions about whether they’ll stay or go.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Nearly half the Arctic region’s summer ice—an area four times the size of Texas—has melted over five decades, clearing a fairly reliable path in the summer months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The frantic search for survivors has long since yielded to the grim spectacle of excavators clearing ruins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
He heard a loud sound of someone clearing their throat.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
"We carried our own rice and slept on grass in clearings," he said in a 1998 interview.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, which normally runs encampment closures and clearings in the city, was not involved in the closures, according to a statement from the agency.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2025
As asylum seekers and organizers braced for the clearing, the appointed hour came and went with no police presence or trucks to haul garbage, as homeless encampment clearings usually have.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
Just beyond the southern shore there are old timber-company clearings which could someday be converted into trails that hikers can use to reach the adjacent Tahoe National Forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2024
Catching an air current that took her up and over a mountain, she looked down on acres of open fields, meadows, and grassy clearings.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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