wash
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Inside more than a dozen North American plants, some 20,000 employees run machines that cut, wash and package raw vegetables like cauliflower and Brussels sprouts, or assemble veggie snack kits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
“Because even if you get it in a bag, you can’t just wash the parasite off.”
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
This is the same man who declared in 2019 that he doesn’t wash his hands because “germs are not a real thing.”
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
FoodCycle's Summer of Peas and Love appeal is calling for volunteers aged over 18 to "urgently" help cook, serve, wash up, and deliver surplus food across Sheffield, Bradford, Huddersfield, Hull and Leeds.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
He developed a solar-powered machine that skims garbage off the top of the ocean and raises awareness about the danger of microplastics that come off synthetic clothes when we wash them.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
A radical acceptance of your fate, floating in the void, washes over you.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
Primary microplastics are those like the microbeads intentionally added to face washes and other personal care products.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
“The reality is people don’t want to work at car washes anymore,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
Lee briefly suspended a membership program for unlimited washes because the service wasn’t up to snuff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
“It washes away all enchantment, all magical concealment! They know there are impostors in Gringotts, they have set off defenses against us!”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
Got stuff to make a Greek salad instead, since those are easily washed and peeled,” Berger wrote to me.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Earlier this week, the head of a local village committee told Chinese media that around 800 to 900 snakes escaped after a breeding farm was washed away in Hengzhou city.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
“Most of the weak handed and/or speculative holders have almost certainly been washed out over the past six months, and this gives gold some upside headroom,” says Rhona O’Connell of StoneX in a research note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Jegede said most root vegetables like potatoes and carrots, along with any fruit that has an outer layer, can be washed to remove potential contaminants, even if they were covered in ash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The waves rolled gently, washed clean and blue.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
They work to tackle hygiene poverty, helping people in 100 of the most deprived parts of the UK to have access to products such as shampoo, washing powder and toothpaste.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
In its inspection of a Taylor facility in Colorado that processed the onions, the FDA recorded issues like dirty equipment and rare hand washing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Even though washing won’t get rid of it.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Experts say the risk varies in different parts of the country and that in California, basic washing of produce remains sufficient.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
There was one showing the hills where Duane’s cave was, with a morning light washing them in an all too familiar golden hue.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
