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Recent Examples of effluenceThe environment struggles with effluence from ground sources and pollution in general that pours into the Bay.—Louise Schiavone, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024 All human activity now passes through a computational pipeline—even the sanitation worker transforms effluence into data.—TIME, 8 Feb. 2024 In these homes, effluence from toilets and showers flows through drains into a pit in a yard instead of into a sewer line and to a central wastewater treatment plant.—Audrey McAvoy, ajc, 6 Apr. 2023 To question the sincerity of the president’s rhetoric—and that of his party—is not to dismiss the challenge posed by the various noisome currents of antidemocratic sentiment and behavior running through our politics like the effluence of overflowing sewers.—Gerard Baker, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2022 Water runoff and control, water quality and effluence, education, water reuse and water conservation, also continue to be priorities in the village’s water management plan.—Brian L. Cox, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2021 So many words, words upon words, the effluence of the dialogue being the show’s draw, as well as one of its drawbacks.—Hank Stuever, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2020 Among the problems caused by the island's long-running tourism boom is unregulated development and pipes carrying raw effluence directly into the sea.—Euan McKirdy, CNN, 4 Apr. 2018 Angel and his team hit the main control rooms: flat-screen computers monitoring effluence, water quality, chemical inputs, pump efficiency——Paolo Bacigalupi, Wired News, 27 May 2015
Its wider, slightly belled tulip also softens the rough alcohol emanations that the Glencairn enhances.
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Tom Mylan,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 May 2025
Both shield and shell are created in order to protect the tender flesh within, but a shield is the result of a huge amount of human labor, mining and refining and beating of the hot metal, and a shell is a natural emanation of the beast that builds it.
While bond funds make up a small portion of the $28 trillion Treasury market, recent outflows show investors have become increasingly hesitant about long-term U.S. debt.
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Greg McKenna,
Fortune,
29 June 2025
Conversely, outflows exceeding 1% have been a reliable contrarian buy sign of excessive pessimism.
Trying to shove your lower leg into something like skinny jeans or a condom could end up cutting off blood flow, which clearly would not be good for your calf.
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Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
But Haiti’s remittance flows, which surpassed $4 billion last year according to its central bank, are not the only ones that risk taking a hit should the tax provision pass.
The health insurance industry’s effort to improve accountability, transparency and customer support also comes after an outpouring of public anger at the health insurance industry following the Dec. 4 UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting.
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Bruce Japsen,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
Other No Kings protests were held in many Chicago suburbs including La Grange, Lisle, Naperville, Evanston and many other Chicago suburbs as well as throughout the entire country in a massive outpouring of protest against the Trump administration.
What’s more, the former Arecibo Observatory detected electrostatic discharge from GPS satellites, although those bursts were longer-lasting.
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Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
Zion Smith, 16, is being charged as an adult on counts of murder, tampering with physical evidence, carrying a dangerous weapon and unlawful discharge of a firearm, Lt. Nicholas Reinert of the Manchester Police Department said in a news release.
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Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2025
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