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Recent Examples of bestrewHome to more than 230 species of plants and a balanced assortment of insects—bees prominent among them—the garden is bestrewn with colorful placards educating summer strollers as to the wonders of pollination and the tiny creatures responsible.—Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian, 17 May 2018 Why, Daedalus wondered, are the world’s cities bestrewed with graffiti even though scientists, years ago, had perfected the porcelain enamel surfaces that make self-cleaning ovens possible?—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 30 July 2017
Footage obtained by Fox News and photos by the Associated Press show two protesters, including a woman standing directly in front of a federal agent, being sprayed with what appeared to be mace outside the Portland ICE building.
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Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Bond has helped them with yard work, trimming bushes and spraying for insects.
But in many smaller ways, Harris peppers her narrative with places where the Biden White House undercut her or failed to support her.
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Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
The gap in government services will be painful, and Democratic senators and aides report constituents are already peppering them with questions about the shutdown.
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