• In this case it is the spin valves that are covered with complementary strands to the target, so that when the particles are washed over them, those that have target strands on their surfaces will stick.

    ECONOMIST: Labs on a chip

  • Scott's great-grandfather, Richard (Doc) Farmer, a circus prizefighter, collected chemical-soaked rags from factories and washed and returned them for a fee.

    FORBES: Dirty Laundry

  • Mr. MASINO: Some seen at their grandparents' house in Louisiana and the parents is here but can't get ahold of them because the flood had washed out that house or the children picked up and brought to another shelter in a different state.

    NPR: Evacuees Search for Missing Family

  • Until it rained and temporarily the names of the countries were washed away, people had to either step on them or step over them when they made their way down the street.

    NPR: Roth Rewrites History with a 'Plot Against America'

  • "You can imagine how emotionally spent you are to try to rescue somebody, you're face-to-face with them, and then they're washed away, " Hood said of his distraught firefighters, who'd gotten so close to rescuing the woman only to lose her.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • Some of the prisoners volunteered to have their feet washed, while others were given an invitation to help them overcome their embarrassment, the Catholic News Agency quoted the prison chaplain as saying.

    BBC: Pope Francis washes prisoners' feet on Maundy Thursday

  • The council said surface water made existing potholes worse because the water washed away loose particles of road surface whenever vehicles passed over them.

    BBC: Pothole

  • But reliable eyewitnesses speak of Indonesians loading up bodies into trucks and taking them to West Timor, and of corpses that have washed up on East Timor's shores.

    CNN: 'This Was Systematic'

  • Coastguards said that pieces of debris had been washed up in Sennen Cove in Cornwall, but added they had not formally identified them as being part of the missing yacht.

    BBC: Mary Unwin: Hope fades for lone yachtswoman

  • And if you've just washed your hands and then start typing on your smart phone, you've just dirtied them again!

    CNN: Tips: How to protect others when you cough, sneeze

  • Andy, who was forty-three, was wearing a washed-out T-shirt and a pair of Crocs with a South Korean flag on them, which went nicely with the middle-aged grunginess of his shaved scalp.

    NEWYORKER: Beyond the Matrix

  • It was several days before some local men paddled over to investigate the source of strange flotsam that had washed up near their village, and found a group of jubilant, wiry, suntanned Scandinavians waiting for them, and they took the crew back for some belated celebrations.

    CNN: The Kon-Tiki: Crossing an ocean on balsa

  • While the exterior walls are white washed, the inward-facing walls are comprised of panels of various shapes and sizes -- all of them covered with brick and tile work in various patterns.

    BBC: An Alvar Aalto tour of Finland

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