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gutted

verb

past tense of gut

as in cleaned

to take the internal organs out of you'll need to gut the fish and wash it out before you can cook it

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The rooms are spacious, comfortable, immaculately pressed and cleaned, and blissfully quiet.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Culver City voted last month to set rules around robotaxi fleet services that dictate where and when the vehicles can be charged, stored and cleaned.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

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If access to divorce has removed the net from our tennis game, for the one percent, the proceedings have turned into Sincaraz-level volleys.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
All arrestees go before a federal immigration judge who determines if he or she will ultimately be removed from the country.

— Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026

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