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Recent Examples of blacklandUnder the massive transmission lines near White Rock Lake’s southern edge — where Oncor clear-cut a lush 3-acre stretch of the Old Fish Hatchery nature area — historic blackland prairie blossoms are taking hold.—Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2022 Weaving a long figure-eight across Spring Creek and through bottomland forest and native blackland prairie remnants, these trails make for great nature and wildlife viewing opportunities and for hiking or biking.—Dallas News, 24 May 2021 White Rock Lake Park is also home to some of the last few remnants of the blackland prairie, complete with great wildflower and wildlife viewing opportunities.—Dallas News, 24 May 2021 Hope was part of a blackland prairie known as the Prairie De Roan.—Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2021
While Virgin Voyages features a large spa with several water features, a quartz treatment bed, and a mud room, Celebrity has expanded the wellness theme outside the spa.
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Michele Robson,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Even when encountering damp grass or bits of mud, the beefy, notched wheels never showed signs of traction loss.
The creamy formula is enriched with a slew of conditioning skin-care staples like moisturizing jojoba seed oil and sebum-balancing kaolin clay.
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Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
12 July 2025
Unlike traditional slow cookers or casserole dishes made from metal or glazed stoneware, the Claypot Oven uses untreated, mineral-rich kaolin clay as its base.
The restaurant still serves picture-perfect fried or baked cod, plus catfish, shrimp, oysters and gumbo, all served to the tune of classic rock.
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Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Aug. 2025
The sound of brass bands and jazz, the taste of gumbo and hot beignets, the sight of oak trees draped over a pastel-colored cottage home—such elements give the city a magnetic character.
There was Russian President Vladimir Putin, the man who had twice ordered an invasion of their country and been indicted for war crimes, taking his first steps on American soil in nearly a decade…on a red carpet.
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Tom Nagorski,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
Yet Tebas’ desire to play games on American soil is exactly the kind of endeavor that makes two-club domination harder to escape.
By Tuesday evening, the barrier islands started to see waves wash over coastal roads, despite government employees piling mountains of sand alongside them as barriers.
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Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
19 Aug. 2025
The white sand, the cliff face of the bluff, and the Coral Reef Bar & Grill, are all a welcome sight.
The Iowa native’s canny array of cinematic offerings brought the Film Center out of the muck of the pandemic.
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Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
29 July 2025
Amid the devastation, first responders and volunteers trudge into muck and mud, scramble over debris piles and check emotions to poke and prod and chop and saw in search of still-missing victims.
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