Elsewhere on the trophy, there are the original rules to soccer, from 1863, which include a proscription on players having nails, iron plates, or gutta-percha—a Malaysian rubberlike material, now used in root canals—protruding from their boots.
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Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
The cups also feature a more angular design, visibly protruding rather than gradually curving.
And, soon, the OCFA crew learns that one of three storage tanks at the plant — one that contains the chemical methyl methacrylate, or MMA — is bulging.
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Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
2 June 2026
The top of my head had been level with the bulging briefcase the girl had tucked under her arm.
Build a snake-proof fence, clear debris, and trim overhanging branches to keep snakes out of your garden.
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Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
31 May 2026
Peace lily or Spathiphyllum, with white spadix and white spathe, is suitable for both indoor and outdoor growing, at least where it is protected from frost by overhanging trees and situated against a wall.
Some people will probably be pouting in those debriefs.
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Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
My introduction to Peters came late last year, when Instagram’s algorithm served me a video of him wearing a baseball cap, primping and pouting for the camera.
—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2026
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