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The past 10 months have been a most difficult cycle for laundry. Just ask dry cleaners. Two area long-time, dry cleaning businessâ have seen significant drops in the past year, and both continue to fight for survival. âWeâre down about 40% compared with the previous year,â said Sam Veltri, owner of Veltri Cleaners on Jefferson Avenue in Washington. âIâm fine, I feel for some of our customers. Some have lost jobs. Some have never slowed down. Others who brought many shirts and pants at a time, now bring maybe one shirt and one pair of pants.â While dry cleaners are not alone in struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic, the future appears a little better for the airlines and restaurants as eventually business should rebound as vaccines make traveling and going out to lunch or dinner less worrisome or troublesome for customers. ....