In an adjacent drugstore, supplies of large water jugs were picked clean.

WSJ: Storm Sweeps Through Northeast U.S.

Lamb hit the post with a drop-goal attempt seconds before the interval but the hosts extended their advantage straight after the restart as sometime England winger Ojo picked off an interception and showed a clean pair of heels as he strode over from halfway for an unconverted try.

BBC: London Irish 23-17 Munster

He crossed the stream, picked a double handful, washed the muddy roots clean in the current and then sat down again beside his pack and ate the clean, cool green leaves and the crisp, peppery-tasting stalks.

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And while the Nikkei stock average has picked up 8% this year amid signs the government is pressing banks harder to clean up their loan mess, share prices are languishing at levels they first hit in the mid-1980s.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia

In July, after Bush picked Cheney as his running mate, two of his doctors issued letters giving him a clean bill of health.

CNN: Heart Murmurs

In November 2010, Vinod Khosla picked the CEO of Kior, Fred Cannon, as one of the seven people who matter in clean tech in a post for Forbes.

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