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These shirts will look great even after repeated washings.
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Fields like lawn care, pressure washing, car detailing, and residential cleaning are also thriving.
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Mark C. Perna, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Bossa also showed black denim with a marble effect that is built into the construction instead of being part of the washing and finishing processes.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Sep. 2025
Each cell had two toilets and two small tanks of water, for washing and drinking; each man was given a plastic cup and a quarter of a bar of soap.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
The same reporting noted a spike in household water use and extensive washing in the residence after that window.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
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Mark C. Perna, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Bossa also showed black denim with a marble effect that is built into the construction instead of being part of the washing and finishing processes.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Sep. 2025
Each cell had two toilets and two small tanks of water, for washing and drinking; each man was given a plastic cup and a quarter of a bar of soap.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
The same reporting noted a spike in household water use and extensive washing in the residence after that window.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Washing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/washing. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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washing
noun
wash·ing
ˈwȯsh-iŋ 
ˈwäsh-
: articles washed or to be washed
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