Now, his triumph signifies a continuation of some red-hot form as tennis transitions from clay to grass.
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Leon Imber,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
The 2009 discovery of footprints (human and animal) left behind in layers of clay and silt at New Mexico’s White Sands National Park sparked a contentious debate about when, exactly, human cultures first developed in North America.
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
The cool climate and unique terroir (chalk soil) where the three main grape varieties are grown (Pinot noir, Chardonnay, Meunier) contribute to the wine’s unique flavors.
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
Intriguing nose of smoldering earth that is balanced by perfumed notes of violets and warm raspberries with juicy cassis flavors with a firmer structure than 2016 yet there is a graceful quality to the texture with a fierce minerality underneath the delectable fruit.
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Cathrine Todd,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
After Israel bombed Iraq’s nuclear reactor in 1981 and Syria’s in 2007, Iran decided to spread its nuclear program out over multiple sites, with its crucial elements hidden so deep beneath the earth that not even Israel’s 5,000-pound bunker busters could reach them.
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Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
18 June 2025
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.
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Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
18 June 2025
Quartz is just one of many minerals — there is also mica, feldspar and kaolin — that have kept the area economically relevant for centuries, and that will continue to sustain the region no matter the geopolitical climate, mine workers and local officials say.
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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