Example Sentences

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Yet for people like Park, the dry-cleaner, the view from her window is ultimately a sign of what happens when an area seemingly pins its economic hopes on just one company.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2023

His jersey from that day is hanging in a closet wrapped in dry-cleaner plastic.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2016

At the age of 82 he was performing in the West End of London as a retired dry-cleaner in Jeff Baron's portrait of Jewish-American life, Visiting Mr Green.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2015

Joe taught me that any time you get a deodorant stain on your shirt, you can tear off the piece of foam from a dry-cleaner hanger and rub the foam against that stain.

From Washington Times • Sep. 11, 2015

There is something very food-but-not-food about the smell of dry-cleaner exhaust.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead