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Recent Examples of deforestThis includes changing the designation of some land in the Amazon to savanna, significantly increasing the amount that can be legally deforested.—Sarah Sax, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025 These same governors have passed laws that effectively void the Soy Moratorium, a voluntary agreement that has contributed to a historically steep decline in deforestation by barring signatory companies from purchasing soy grown on land in the Amazon that was deforested after 2008.—Sarah Sax, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025 About that time, Dorrell was biking up Mont Ventoux in the French Alps, where the top of the mountain has been deforested and looks like a moonscape.—Hank Tucker, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 The company has committed to having 100 percent of its leather sourced from land not converted from a natural ecosystem or deforested for the grazing of cows, which will apply to European leather by 2025 and global sourcing by 2030.—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 31 Oct. 2024 Based on a study published in Nature Sustainability a few months ago, 1.4 million hectares (the equivalent of nine cities the size of Greater London) were deforested in 2015 to open space for pasture for cows to graze.—Simi Thambi, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024 That’s the lesson behind a study out this week in the Journal of Applied Ecology in which researchers assessed which worms, ants, and other invertebrates were wiggling their way through plots of soil that had been deforested, revegetated, or left natural.—Hannah Richter, science.org, 16 Aug. 2024 Up to 70,000 acres in Michoacán and neighboring Jalisco state have been deforested for avocado farming in the last decade, the data from Guardian Forestal and Climate Rights International show.—Reuters, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2024 Reuters visited two orchards in July that an analysis of satellite images by U.S. nonprofit Climate Rights International showed were illegally deforested in Madero after 2015.—Reuters, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2024
The first season—the menstrual phase, known as inner winter—refers to the days of bleeding when hormone levels, such as estrogen and progesterone, are low and symptoms may include cramping, bloating, low energy levels, headaches skin blemishes and mood changes.
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Hatty Willmoth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
Noyes skinned up Broad Fork in Big Cottonwood Canyon and skied down the east face of Twin Peak, followed by the Stairs Gulch.
To make strawberry ice cream, add 1 pint of strawberries, hulled and sliced.
To make cookies and cream ice cream, add 1 cup of crushed Oreos.
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Maryal Miller Carter,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
Place hulled strawberries, sugar, and 2 cups of the water in a blender with lemon quarters; blend on HIGH until almost fully pureed, 30 seconds to 1 minute.
Meanwhile, Cricket wouldn't stop barking until the owners knew where the snake was hiding, coiled up along the fence.
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Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
Indeed, as soon as Tatis got plunked on the hand by a 93 mph fastball from debuting Dodgers rookie Jack Little, Shildt came storming out of the dugout, walking over to check on Tatis while barking in Roberts’ direction.
Since its humble beginnings as a spontaneous late-night strip show at a New York City bar, Broadway Bares has grown into a full-scale production featuring elaborate costumes, themed choreography, celebrity cameos and dozens of Broadway performers who bare (almost) all in the name of a good cause.
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Dave Quinn,
People.com,
23 June 2025
Or Brody scooping chum from a bucket off the back of the Orca — the boat owned by Robert Shaw’s maverick shark hunter Quint — when their target rears up out of the Atlantic, razor teeth bared.
Trash burning and water shortages are a worsening blight, while the construction of upscale villas has denuded vegetation and exacerbated a perennial flooding problem.
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Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
17 Mar. 2025
During Trump’s first term, the Republicans’ feed-the-rich Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 denuded the tax base, causing revenues as a percentage of G.D.P. to fall.
Saturday’s loss also saw Ryan Yarbrough shelled for the first time since the swingman entered the Yankees’ rotation.
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Gary Phillips,
Hartford Courant,
9 June 2025
He was benched after getting shelled through the first two games of Edmonton’s first-round series against the Los Angeles Kings and didn’t get back in the net until Game 3 of the second round against the Vegas Golden Knights.
The peppermint offers a pleasant and fresh scent, the physical exfoliants did not feel harsh or stripping, and the lightweight, almost gel-like consistency glides on and massages into the skin with ease.
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Cierra Black,
Essence,
24 June 2025
Without his drug business, Bumpy no longer has the overhead nor the power to prevent the Italians from encroaching on his territory and stripping opportunities from Black Harlemites.
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