Satellite images show piles of dirt from the excavation growing in size.
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Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
The lobby, reminiscent of a living room, is designed with a mix of rattan lanterns, locally made ceramics, antique blue-and-white porcelain plates, potted plants, and piles of books.
Since then, TxDOT has continually sent fleets of trucks to plow main thoroughfares like Central Expressway in Richardson on Monday night and Highway 287 in Decatur earlier in the day.
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J.D. Miles,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
And London’s roads aren’t just used by cars, vans and trucks.
Meanwhile, the tiniest of the land’s inhabitants, the termite, work steadily to build up mounds of fungus and sand, the foundation of the lagoon’s precious islands.
So there appears to have been no personal touch involved even though Democrats are known to circle the wagons to defend one of their own.
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Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
There are 38 locomotives and more than 1,000 multipurpose wagons transporting goods such as construction raw materials, food commodities, and general cargo.
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Keith J Fernandez,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Jan. 2026
The Park Service recommends that people not disturb, knock down or add to cairns, though some parks caution visitors not to rely on them as official pathways.
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Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
Above the glacial lake Ullswater, prehistoric cairns and burial mounds dot the high moorland, including the Cockpit Stone Circle, which spans 90 feet.
Trash must be bagged, while additional recyclable materials must be placed in cardboard boxes adjacent to recycling carts for collection by WM, the city's recycling partner.
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Bill Bowden,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
Bagsmart Travel Toiletry Bag This wildly popular toiletry bag has earned its place in over 6,000 travelers’ carts in just the past month.
In the hills, in the hollows, up the draws and the old dirt logging roads, hidden in the chaparral above the fog line, growing and selling weed became a way of life, woven into the community and its economy.
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Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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