Under the center consoles you can tell if the carpet appears genuinely clean because it is or if it was cleaned from being dirty.

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Let us not make things worse by sequestering carbon and so sweeping dirt under the carpet and relying on future generations to carry out a meaningful clean-up.

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The rooms are clean with wood floors and white walls, but scuffs on the carpet and walls show lack of attention to early wear and tear.

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The next day he began a clean-up operation at his home, washing the dining room carpet and scrubbing every inch of the house with what one police officer recalled was a "lemony" cleaning fluid.

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