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Adjective
Not all pads are alike, but a footprint on the larger side involves five to ten acres of cleared, packed ground that serves as the hub for drilling equipment, which can include wellheads, pump jacks, tanks, wastewater storage pits, trailers, and flare stacks.—
Alex Heard,
Outside,
4 Mar. 2026 What counts as a cleared sidewalk?—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
1 Dec. 2025
Verb
Hours after the collapse in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, emergency services spokesperson Bilal Faizi said that everyone trapped beneath the rubble had been pulled out and crews had cleared debris.—Arkansas Online,
16 Oct. 2026 Once players were cleared to return to practice after a long break, Dieffenbach routinely ran a route, caught a pass and threw the ball back to the start of the drill.—
Connor Dullinger,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Oct. 2026 As a result, he was waived, cleared waivers and signed back to the Dallas practice squad.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Oct. 2026 During Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency, from 2019 to 2022, Amazon deforestation surged by about 60%, with more than 45,000 square kilometers (17,400 square miles) cleared, according to official data.—ABC News,
16 Oct. 2026 Only a small portion of each dose is absorbed, and any peptide that reaches the bloodstream is cleared by the kidney.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
16 Oct. 2026 An ultrasound in London revealed the clot, but doctors cleared him to play in the team’s game there the next day.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
16 Oct. 2026 He was cleared to play by doctors against the Jacksonville Jaguars in London.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
16 Oct. 2026 Bomb disposal specialists cleared the vehicle before armed officers discovered a fence breach and located the men inside.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
9 Oct. 2026
The foundation has also supported Dell Children’s Medical Center, which opened in 2007, and the Dell Pediatric Research Institute, helping expand access to specialized children’s care and medical research in the region.
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Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2026
The 2-3 Rams, who opened the season as Super Bowl favorites, released kicker Harrison Mevis after last Monday’s overtime loss to the Buffalo Bills and signed Grupe from the New York Jets practice squad.
When a county judge put the brakes on what would be the largest data center in California, ruling the whole project needed extensive environmental review, Kristian Salgado was relieved.
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Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Oct. 2026
The White Sox loaded the bases in the sixth inning before Erik Sabrowski relieved Williams and struck out Murakami.
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Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
19 Oct. 2026
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