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Under its new rules, hosts may ask guests to place dirty dishes in the sink, but generally cannot require them to wash and put those dishes away.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
They must be—by market regulators trained to root out insider trading, wash trading and market manipulation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
There was a Haitian barbershop, and a clothing store run by Haitians, a Christian church with French signage, a restaurant, and a car wash.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
"If you are very wealthy and a lot of your wealth comes from those years then it's not something you can wash your hands of," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
Men’s shirts hung shoulder to shoulder on wash lines strung between posts under the glaring sun.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Its outlined forms of three rabbits and a deer either take shape out of Hua’s smoky ink washes or evanesce into them, a depiction of ecological destruction that seems contemporary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
The Bluebottle drone, manufactured in Sydney, is named after a small jellyfish with a painful sting that washes ashore on Australian beaches.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The dishwasher camera tailors washes for optimal energy efficiency and finally solves the mystery of what goes on inside there during the cycle.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
“East of the River” washes away the stain of criminalization that local media used to cheapen Ever’s life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
I mop the floor, she washes dishes, and we go about our cleaning like this is a regular day.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
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Researchers inspecting an object that some thought could have been the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's plane on a remote Pacific island say it is likely to be washed up trees.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
"All summer long, I've been picking up bits of drones washed up on the beach," added Baronov, a mechanical engineer by training who harbours a fascination with military hardware.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Water from a massive swell — double the size that was initially predicted — blasted through 20-foot berms erected at the Wedge and washed out roads from about 21st Street to 6th Street, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Somebody washed the ramekins and refilled the baskets.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
Auntie Bernadette had finished mixing her large bowl and washed her hands.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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When I pay a cleaning fee, I expect someone to handle the work of preparing a property for its next occupants: washing linens, scrubbing bathrooms, cleaning floors.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
AI can already write code and rewrite emails and summarize meetings and prove abstract math conjectures and figure out why your washing machine keeps making that strange beeping noise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
It has also focused on hygiene and safety measures, such as washing hands and avoiding close contact with sick people.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Everyday actions generate billions of these nanoparticles, Yan noted, from washing a load of laundry to reheating a dish in the microwave.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
And so I pass the day with Gloria, sweeping the floor and cleaning the house, washing the clothes, and feeding the chickens.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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