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Other jeans were decorated with swags of crystals and embroidery.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
11 Mar. 2026 -
Searches for hobbies that can be taken outside to a park or on a train ride—like knitting, crocheting, embroidery, and painting—are up 136% over the past six months alone, while the company’s yarn accessory sales have grown 40% year-over-year.—
Joseph Erbentraut,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Mar. 2026
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The city approved a Phase 1 revitalization plan shepherded by the La Jolla Sunrise Rotary Club to replace walls and doors in the station’s sleeping areas, along with other improvements.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
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The city is working with Sacramento County and Sacramento Regional Transit to identify safety improvements along the road, including possible dedicated bus lanes and pedestrian upgrades.—
Madison Smalstig,
Sacbee.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Certainly the government has a role to play in helping synagogues, churches, mosques, schools and others in putting up security barriers, training security officers and those physical security enhancements.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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While this may confine a human’s dream of immortality to solutions that rely on technological enhancements, bio-hacking your body, or science-fiction level technology that relies on novel physical laws and/or phenomena, there’s still plenty that relativity has to say about living forever.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
12 Mar. 2026
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With a fleet of 11 classic, mid-sized ships that traverse the globe, this cruise line builds upon its 150 years of maritime heritage with award-winning service, exceptional dining, and loads of activities and enrichment programs that enhance its more than 500 annual sailings.—
Susan B. Barnes,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
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The best outcome now would be the resumption of peaceful IAEA monitoring of Iran’s enrichment capabilities, Pomper says.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
11 Mar. 2026
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The 20-foot walls are hung salon-style with gilt frames surrounding oil paintings flirting at once with modernism and Renaissance styles.—
Jane Wooldridge,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
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In 2022, gilt markets were shaken when then-Prime Minister Liz Truss announced a swathe of unfunded tax cuts — forcing an intervention from the Bank of England and leading to Truss’ resignation after just 44 days into the job.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Fancywork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancywork. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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