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Recent Examples of cleared
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
The investigation report also said the fire resulted from hot metal particles falling onto vegetation below the tower, which had not been cleared in years.—Los Angeles Times,
28 Aug. 2026 But 1,210 are now being cleared outright, according to new court filings disclosed this week.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
28 Aug. 2026 The near miss raised questions about why the commercial flight was cleared for takeoff while Marine One was preparing to depart, a period when airline traffic is typically halted around presidential helicopter operations.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2026 Edgewater quarterback Joe Aicher, who suffered a knee injury in a preseason game against Armwood, is in uniform and back tonight, cleared for takeoff.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Aug. 2026 After the schools were cleared, police entered Fisher’s residence and took him into custody without incident.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Aug. 2026 An independent hearing over the charges APS filed against him eventually cleared him in March, which the school board later adopted in May.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
27 Aug. 2026 Bitcoin cleared stormdotXBT's $74,000 tripwire within a day of the post.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2026 In the first three years, combustible materials like firewood, dead leaves, branches, mulch and wood chips would have to be cleared 5 feet around homes.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
20 Aug. 2026
On Friday, Davide Ancelotti, Lille’s head coach, confirmed Fernandez-Pardo, who had made clear his desire to leave, would not train with the squad until after Tuesday’s transfer deadline.
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Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
1 Sep. 2026
Kayley and Nathan’s efforts are intercut with Kasandra opening her birthday present from Jeff (whose airways are now totally clear), a $100,000 diamond necklace.
Mamdani opened the news conference by expressing his condolences to the victims and their families and thanking the officers who responded.
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Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
1 Sep. 2026
The April indictment accused the organization of secretly funneling millions of dollars in donor funds to informants embedded in violent extremist movements, using bank accounts opened for fictitious companies.
The Lincoln was relieved by the USS George Washington last week, and it is expected to make a port call in Thailand in the coming days, according to several news reports.
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Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2026
The different kinds of Roman toilet At home, the poorest Romans relieved themselves in chamber pots.
For sponsored products ads, the FTC alleges advertisers paid their full winning bid about 80% of the time in 2024.
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Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
1 Sep. 2026
His Know Your Rights Camp has helped pay for 150 independent autopsies — such as the one for Nolan Wells this year — and has also paid hundreds of thousands in legal grants and bail relief.
Prosecutors opted to retry Read, and she was acquitted of the most serious charges, second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death, in June 2025.
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Melina Khan,
USA Today,
1 Sep. 2026
Rogers was acquitted at trial of the more serious charge of conspiracy to commit economic espionage.
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