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Noun
New York tied the score with 8:44 left when Mike Reilly sent a clearing pass through the neutral zone to a streaking Tsyplakov, who nudged a shot through Vitek Vanecek’s legs to cap the breakaway.—Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025 And these are games are playoff games, games of significant meaning for the right to play beyond Game 82 even if more trades may be coming for a team trying to deal with the balance of winning now against clearing room for future moves.—Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025 So Power of Mama members have started patrolling for fire risks, urging farmers to follow the rules about slash-and-burn clearing, and challenging stereotypes about women’s roles in rural Indonesian life along the way.—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2025 To strike a balance in protecting these critters while also proactively protecting your garden, focus on clearing areas where pests have a history of populating.—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for clearing
As open fields and forests are being paved over, the natural life cycle of fireflies is disrupted as these luminescent beetles are displaced.
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Patrick Connolly,
Orlando Sentinel,
20 Mar. 2025
Now teams that miss out on the NCAA tournament on selection Sunday are added to the 32-team NIT field, which uses home court sites until the semifinal and final rounds.
The nostalgic cruise, like all Princess Cruises, uses the company’s state of the art Medallion Class technology to make identification, service, and opening one’s cabin a simple and transparent process.
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Michael Goldstein,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
Joe Choate, a former banker and experienced weekend sailor, smashed headfirst into a handrail, opening a bloody gash down his forehead.
Bathrooms Start by emptying your bathroom cabinets and drawers out completely, then wipe them down inside and out.
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Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
29 Dec. 2024
The company website includes a safety page with advice on how to minimize risk of injury while at the park, including following all park rules, emptying pockets beforehand and only sliding down one person at a time.
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