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Recent Examples of embrasureThere were openings in the upper walls, accessible to the men on the ramparts, called embrasures, through which archers could shoot.—
William Gurstelle,
Popular Mechanics,
11 Apr. 2019
Another fun detail can be found on the vamp, which has the same series of dots signature to the sneaker but rendered merely as indents rather than full perforations — less the Gore-Tex membrane be compromised.
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Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
2 Sep. 2026
This one -- as hundreds of users on TikTok and Instagram have shown in the last week -- starts with half of a watermelon that's been scooped to create a bowl-like indent and frozen overnight.
California was in the early stages of a housing crisis, and homeowners were feeling the squeeze of rising property tax bills.
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M. Nolan Gray,
Washington Post,
2 Nov. 2026
Channel ports, housing for asylum seekers and even the lifeboat charity that rescues people in danger at sea have been targeted by anti-migrant protests encouraged by far-right activists.
The warren of dusty brown cubicles was demolished and replaced with a dramatic white open-plan scheme that maximized the windows.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Nov. 2026
In late July — around the same time SEIU Local 1000 filed a charge accusing the state of bargaining in bad faith — a manager at CDPH told an employee to remove two flyers from their cubicle, the charge states.
Robin is all but accused of being a runaway servant; Franklin had indeed broken his indenture to his older brother.
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John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
15 June 2026
The vibrant and evocative painting foregrounding the Caribbean landscape, its inhabitants, and its histories of slavery and indenture, has been in MoMA’s collection since 1945.