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Recent Examples of clearing
Noun
After bulldozers were spotted in August clearing land in Big Bend, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott announced a pause on all activity there, and it was later expanded to the area upstream of the park.—
Rebecca Santana,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Sep. 2026 The path was lined with stone steps and gorgeous clearings overlooking the water.—
Elleanna Revell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Sep. 2026
Verb
No word yet on whether anyone is clearing a spot on the royal couch.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Oct. 2026 Her body was found while clearing rubble and fighting a fire at the site, Tymur Tkachenko, head of the regional military administration, said Friday.—Arkansas Online,
10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for clearing
Joe sought a presidential pardon in June 2025, and Gia said in August 2026 that the family had filed a humanitarian packet as part of its efforts to bring him home.
These industry changes come at an uncertain time as artificial intelligence encroaches on the creative field and consumers are turning to social media platforms for music consumption and discovery.
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Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Oct. 2026
Just a week after earning C-USA Special Teams Player of the Week honors by converting all five field-goal attempts, kicker Robert Czeremcha missed twice, including a potential game-tying kick at the end of regulation.
Velly Pizza is also opening a second location in the Natomas area.
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Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
19 Oct. 2026
Among the recommendations is a change that would change the village’s single-family residential districts to neighborhood residential districts, potentially opening them up to multi-unit housing.
The city is continuing to replace lead pipes with copper ones in the older houses in the community with funds from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), ridding the community of pipes that might harm people or contaminate water.
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Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Aug. 2026
The fatal crash has led city leaders and animal rights activists to take a new look at ridding New York of carriage horses.
The claims paying organizations that are best prepared to navigate this evolving environment will be those that combine uniform eligibility review, defensible payment rationales, dispute tracking and outcome analysis into a single cohesive process.
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Christine Cooper,
Forbes.com,
20 Oct. 2026
Many passengers have come to accept no frills flying, paying for every extra beyond a seat.
Cringe names our ethical recognition of the stakes of emptying out these words.
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Eugenie Brinkema,
ARTnews.com,
17 Oct. 2026
Rioters clashed with police, looted stores and set property on fire in central Milan on Saturday, emptying Piazza del Duomo and a luxury shopping arcade when the area would usually be teeming with shoppers.
Bangkok's preservationists realized that the river could once again become the soul of the city, and creative hoteliers and restaurateurs began filtering back.
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Tony Perrottet,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Oct. 2026
Even more baffling is that American Girl already includes age categories as a method for filtering books on its website.
But many people who've made big midlife changes describe it as freeing.
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Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
15 Oct. 2026
Boulder Police are preparing to launch a new artificial intelligence program to handle non-emergency calls, freeing dispatchers to focus on emergencies.
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