washed

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They spent four months in basic training and then were sent to the front in Karen state - one night, on their way to get washed, they decided to make a run for it.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Wind gusts were so strong at Island Bay that two women were knocked off their feet as waves washed up over the road, an AFP journalist saw.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

A wall label informs us that Duchamp, at the 1912 Paris Aviation Show, told Constantin Brancusi: “Painting’s washed up. Who’ll do anything better than that propeller?”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Living in the beach city for more than 50 years, he wondered why nothing could be done about the trash washed in by the San Gabriel River.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

After I washed, my clothes were hanging to dry by the fire, so I wrapped myself in a quilt sewn with a hundred different colors.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff