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The Los Angeles Times reported this week that Mayor Karen Bass plans to clean more streets and homeless camps ahead of the games, offering a preview of the pressures cities face when hosting global events.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2026 -
The floor initially existed as a score consisting of the project drawings and the required materials; the final shape was left to the team, with the sole instruction not to clean or organize them neatly.—
K. Desbouis,
Artforum,
6 Feb. 2026
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The cotton fibers also ensure durability that will hold up for years of use and will wash well.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
4 Feb. 2026
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The juicer got washed, rinsed and sanitized.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
3 Feb. 2026
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From 2016 to 2019, around 4,000 judges in Turkey were purged and replaced with far less experienced judges who are supporters of Erdoğan.—
Kaya Genç,
The Dial,
3 Feb. 2026
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Maybe that oversized bath sheet that isn’t getting used needs to be purged.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
1 Feb. 2026
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After receiving a settlement from his insurance company, Minds used the funds to decontaminate and fix his house.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Minds used his settlement not only to decontaminate but also to harden his home.—
Rina Nakano,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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The idea of a tube up my tuchus didn’t scare me, nor did the notorious prep of drinking a foul-tasting liquid to cleanse your intestinal tract.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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However, cleansing balms and makeup remover wipes are still the most competitive of the bunch.—
Tatayana Yomary,
Essence,
28 Jan. 2026
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At some point, those fuel sources will be exhausted, no further energy will be naturally extracted from what remains within them, and those once-brilliant objects will fade away into darkness.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Feb. 2026
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But Trump’s habit of weaponizing US trade by imposing tariffs to extract concessions from allies has changed the risk calculus.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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The federal agency, flush with cash and looking to vastly increase its capacity to hold and process detainees for deportation, has successfully bought a number of facilities similar to the Orlando warehouse in recent weeks, despite local backlash.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2026
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Giving Claude the ability to process more information at once should enable it to handle more complicated tasks, like making sweeping changes to entire code bases, said Penn.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Luckritz said the departments would continue refining the data dashboards before releasing them to the public later this year.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Feb. 2026
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Finally, refine your search based on brand, year and mileage preferences.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Elutriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elutriate. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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