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Recent Examples of deforestThese 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 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
To hull a strawberry: Grab a sharp paring knife with your dominant hand, gripping the blade with your index finger and thumb, and leave about 1 inch poking out.
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The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2025
Uses include: Blend hulled seeds with oil to make homemade tahini sauce
Put them in a vegetable slaw
Sprinkle on to add an Asian twist to your recipes.
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Tate McRae dared to bare in a sheer white Grecian-style dress which exposed her underwear ahead of her performance.
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Jackie Fields,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
As the seasons change, some of Milwaukee’s artists are offering their own intriguing transitions — from a veteran rock frontman gone Americana to a fun-loving rapper turned soul-baring singer.
And more recently, in the throes of a homeless crisis, city staff and law enforcement have removed and denuded trees to control the conditions on the street.
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Sam Bloch
August 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Aug. 2025
Trash burning and water shortages are a worsening blight, while the construction of upscale villas has denuded vegetation and exacerbated a perennial flooding problem.
Miley Cyrus shocked viewers by stripping down to a nude bikini top and briefs and grinding, twerking and thrusting on fellow performer Robin Thicke at the 2013 show in one of the raciest performances in MTV history.
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Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
The moratorium provision was ultimately stripped from the bill before final passage.
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Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Sep. 2025
Musk transformed Tesla from a niche EV startup into the world's most valuable automaker, scaling production, expanding globally and pushing the industry toward electric mobility, while running several other companies including SpaceX and xAI.
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