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Opt for a vanity that works with your existing decor and has furniture-like details like cane, fluting, and turned legs.
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Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025
The Perpetual 1908 is housed in a 39mm yellow gold case with a domed and fluted bezel.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025
In 75 minutes – in fluting, soaring voices, to music by Jan Ekedahl – 35 singers carry us to Stockholm and back.
—Maggie Lewis Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024
The points were fluted and came in various sizes, often used on projectiles like spears.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025
The Perpetual 1908 is housed in a 39mm yellow gold case with a domed and fluted bezel.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025
In 75 minutes – in fluting, soaring voices, to music by Jan Ekedahl – 35 singers carry us to Stockholm and back.
—Maggie Lewis Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024
The points were fluted and came in various sizes, often used on projectiles like spears.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Plainclothes security forces still milled around some neighborhoods, though anti-riot police and members of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard’s all-volunteer Basij force appeared to have been sent back to their barracks.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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Dozens of people were milling about.—
Vanessa Romo,
NPR,
14 Jan. 2026
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Attorneys for the plaintiffs and defendant signed a stipulation of discontinuance in November, according to a court document filed in December and obtained by Deadline.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Jan. 2026
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Orange County has filed a court motion to dismiss Cal Fire’s claim that it is owed $32 million to cover the costs associated with fighting the 2024 Airport fire.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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Planning laws also resulted in the north and east faces of the tower being chamfered, presumably to ensure views and sunlight weren't blocked in key areas.—
Adam Williams,
New Atlas,
16 Apr. 2025
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The body of the A6 looks as solid as a block of granite that's been chiseled and chamfered to knock off the sharp edges.—
Fred M.H. Gregory,
Car and Driver,
12 July 2023
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In an interview just days after the shooting with ABC affiliate station KXTV in Sacramento, Amari's father, Patrick Peterson, said his young daughter was also grazed by a bullet during the shooting.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
18 Jan. 2026
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They aren’t cropped, but rather grazing the windy streets (or in some instances, dragging down them).—
Renée Reardin,
InStyle,
17 Jan. 2026
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“Flute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flute. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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