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Just a day later, on October 22, Neptune retrograde slips back into numinous Pisces, peeling away illusions while blurring the lines between fantasy and reality.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025 -
Smaller varieties, such as baby whole potatoes and peewee potatoes, tend to have thin skins and can be boiled without peeling or cutting.—
Molly Baz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Sep. 2025
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More recently, Bryan’s feud with fellow country singer Gavin Adcock came to a head when Bryan was captured on video scaling a fence to confront Adcock at Oklahoma’s Born & Raised Festival earlier this month.—
Joel Hoard,
Rolling Stone,
28 Sep. 2025
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In May, the firm inked a strategic partnership to offer its driverless taxis via Uber in the Middle East, with a goal of scaling deployments via the app to additional international markets in the future.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Flaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flaking. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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