The transition from clay to grass has proven tough for most players, and the last woman to win the French Open and Wimbledon in the same season was Serena Williams a decade ago.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
In the 1960s, geologist Walter Alvarez discovered a thin layer of black clay in rocks around the world.
Growing requirements will vary by species, but most appreciate partial to full shade and rich, moist soil.
Bring one of the easiest house plants around to the outdoors.
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Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
29 June 2025
Potted plants will quickly use up all the water that can be stored in the small amount of soil a pot can hold.
San Clemente, like most Southern California coastal cities, needs more sand to restore its eroding beaches.
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Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 June 2025
The waterproof mesh material resists water and allows sand to fall through, keeping the interior clean.
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Jené Luciani Sena
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FOXNews.com,
28 June 2025
At the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Karen Scrivener and colleagues developed cements that blend calcined kaolin clay and ground limestone with a small portion of clinker.
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IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Oct. 2024
Oribe’s Serene Scalp Oil Control Dry Shampoo uses a blend of starches (corn, tapioca, and rice) along with kaolin clay to get that job done, plus rosebay extracts to regulate your scalp’s sebum production.
Many of us can’t wait to get into our gardens, turn over that fine Illinois loam and plant.
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Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
19 May 2025
Those interactions spring from the rich loam of history and lore that gives the sport its halcyon glow, and from which even a humble amateur game absorbs vicarious grandeur.
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