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Recent Examples of haftTable arrangements by florist Milli Proust drew inspiration from the Persian haft-sin, incorporating elements like hyacinths, wheatgrass, and candles.—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024 Before Nowruz begins, many families will arrange a table with seven symbolic items, known as haft-sin.—Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 19 Mar. 2023 Here's what to order at Ava At the moment the year changes, the family will gather around the haft seen, which at their house includes photos of family members who are not present.—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 17 Mar. 2023 My grandparents set their haft-seen with poetry.—Caroline Newton, Bon Appétit, 18 Mar. 2022 This chert bladelet still has a remnant of its bone haft attached.—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2022 The wooden haft is perfectly preserved & one of only a handful to survive in Britain.—Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2021
Video shows the trio standing ominously in the front yard before taking turns ringing the bell, knocking on the door and, at one point, jiggling its handle.
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Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
These gadgets include single or double kettlebell handles, an EZ curl bar, a straight bar, plus an optional pulley system and set of elastic resistance bands.
One of the officers, a special-forces commando who discussed the operation on condition of anonymity, recalls lying in the pitch-dark belly of a river barge alongside dozens of his comrades, all of them armed to the hilt, eyeing one another through night-vision goggles.
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Simon Shuster,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
The apprentice dismantles the hilt almost by instinct and slips the crystal from within.
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