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Reduce overall soil needs in a large container by filling the bottom of the pot with empty milk jugs or aluminum cans.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Nov. 2025 -
Known for their high-energy performances and irresistible grooves, April and the Funk Junkies have become a San Diego favorite, filling dance floors with their mix of funk, soul, pop, and rock classics.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Theories range from the Edmund Fitzgerald striking a shoal and suffering bottom damage to flooding through the freighter's hatch covers, which filled the ship with water and sank it, to rogue waves, to structural flaws in the ship that the 1975 storm made deadly.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, the safety net designed to financially protect homeowners from flooding sits frozen amid the government shutdown.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Furring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furring. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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