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Enticed by promises to cure fatigue, soothe hangovers, and fight colds, many have flocked to intravenous (IV) hydration spas to be infused with a concoction of minerals and vitamins.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
30 Oct. 2025 -
This inherent familiarity could be a big reason why infused beverages have become one of the fastest-growing sectors of the cannabis industry; the global market is projected to crack $2 billion in annual revenue by 2026.—
Chala June,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Oct. 2025
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We’re saturated with incoherence — fragmented media, endless information, constant moral redefinition.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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In 1816 the stratosphere was saturated with Tambora’s dust, and sea ice nearly wrecked Scoresby’s ship off the eastern coast of Greenland.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Tea Forte’s premium teas come in self-standing tea bags that are perfect for steeping.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
26 Oct. 2025
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In borrowing from a patchwork of references, and steeping them in a brew both sacred and profane, D’Angelo was doing more than homage.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
18 Oct. 2025
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All the while, Yelchin, Stewart, Alia Shawkat, and Imogen Poots imbue their disparate characters with inner lives that make each successive shock that much more nerve-fraying.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Yet Plemons imbues him with despair, finding a pitiful fragility in his aggression.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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Usually, one of those socks ends up inside the twisted sheet, and both come out of the dryer soaking wet.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
3 Nov. 2025
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His fiction, neither notably blood-soaked nor mythologically freighted, also differs starkly from the work of Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy, contemporaries who likewise were famously steeped in the West.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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Systems thinking, which involves looking at a problem not in isolation but as part of a larger, more complex ecosystem, has also permeated both the accelerator program and the broader remit of H&M Foundation itself.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
31 Oct. 2025
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Initially, physicists envisioned inflation as a cold process that involved energy fields that permeated all of space.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
27 Oct. 2025
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Man, if the vibe of the late Sixties and the early Seventies was the pervading spirit of the day, then let peace and love win!—
Jay Glennie,
Rolling Stone,
28 Oct. 2025
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Despite its speculative premise, the series captures the loneliness that has pervaded society since the COVID pandemic and the dread of a future in which artificial intelligence might render human interaction obsolete.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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When an autopsy was conducted on Campbell, it was discovered that seven of the 11 stab wounds penetrated her heart.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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The formulation is meant to create scaffold-like structures that wrap around strands and penetrate the hair cuticle and cortex for inside-out protection and repair.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Fill (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fill%20%28up%29. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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