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cold frames

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That’s quite a claim from a man who oversees one of the world’s most prolific hotbeds of anti-vaccine conspiracism.

— Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2026
However, Canada’s success at the World Cup could lead to even more interest in soccer in traditional hockey hotbeds.

— Shelby Blackley, New York Times, 4 July 2026

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Steam has been used for decades in greenhouses, and researchers in California have been working to adapt the technology to the fields where strawberries, one of the state’s key crops, are grown near the Pacific Coast.

— Haven Daley, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
To supply the hotel’s restaurants, the on-site Edenic walled garden grows specialty crops, with its greenhouses, potting shed, and outdoor plots thriving with heirloom tomatoes, Japanese varieties of strawberry, and Italian citrus.

— Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2026

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The Badajoz court found that the position awarded to Sánchez, overseeing the province’s music conservatories, was created without any genuine administrative need and responded instead to ‌his personal interests.

— Reuters, NBC news, 14 July 2026
Thanks to this mild microclimate, Lake Garda became the most northerly place in Europe to commercially produce lemons in the 18th century, with conservatories still in use on the western shore in towns like Limone sul Garda.

— Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

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