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Once the roads open and the Miura’s tachometer sweeps past 4,000 rpm, however, your ears are nourished by a cultured snarl that builds to a hammering roar.—
Tim Pitt,
Robb Report,
18 May 2026 -
Repair damaged window screens, and install door sweeps on exterior doors to help keep them out, Rockwell says.—
Olivia McIntosh,
Martha Stewart,
16 May 2026
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Tokyo Stylez, Cardi’s hairstylist, brushes out a sleek brown hairpiece, and Erika la’ pearl, her makeup artist, dabs at Cardi’s face while the rapper scrolls through her phone, controlling the music.—
Jazmine Hughes,
Allure,
24 Mar. 2026
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When some chime in to say their doctors had been cautiously optimistic about treatments, Sarah brushes that aside.—
Gerald Witt,
AJC.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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Snow sometimes dusts the surrounding slopes, melting by afternoon into damp earth as manzanita and mountain lilac begin to flower.—
Josh Jackson,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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To demonstrate, Ejae smiles to form creases below her eyes, then dusts some brown powder onto the area.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2026
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Prime lips for a perfectly smooth, even application using the 3-in-1 Lip Scrub pen, which gently scrubs away dead skin with super-fine sugar granules and keeps lips hydrated with nourishing shea butter and algae.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
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Anti-dictatorship, but for kids Serkis scrubs the story of its violence, at least in any graphic manner.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Arlo turns out to love Massive Attack and Elliott Smith, and to have a sadly levelheaded understanding of his mother’s suicide.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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That’s the hook that often leads to a link to a subscription service that turns out to be costly and/or deceptive.—
Lisa de los Reyes,
HollywoodReporter,
1 May 2026
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Bissell SmartSeal Allergen System vacuums Bissell sells four Smart Seal Allergen vacuums branded as Pet Hair Eraser models.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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The structure floods the retina with sugar to fuel its anaerobic engine and rapidly vacuums out lactate waste, preventing the build-up of toxic byproducts in the bloodless eye.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Jan. 2026
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Plus, its self-cleaning function rinses the brushroll after each use and dumps the debris into the dirt tank.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
5 Apr. 2026
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Moisture is why LaMarita never rinses cauliflower before tucking it into the crisper.—
Randi Gollin,
Martha Stewart,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Slushi’s removable parts are dishwasher safe, and there’s a rinse setting that cleans off the metal cooling element in a snap.—
Clint Davis,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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Heavy weights dropped after power cleans or dead lifts bounce vertically rather than side to side.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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“Dry-cleans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dry-cleans. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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