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Noun
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Fish guts, food scraps, and agricultural waste from Norway's coastal communities would power this first-of-its-kind journey.—
Ryan Craggs,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Jan. 2026 -
The city’s colorful outdoor food markets lay abandoned—the usual smell of ripe papaya replaced by the stench of yesterday’s scraps, rotting in the heat.—
Armando Ledezma,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The show, which ran for three seasons from 1964 to 1967, centered around seven castaways who have to survive after getting shipwrecked on an uncharted island.—
Daysia Tolentino,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Dec. 2025
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Both she and her ally, Velovic, were named as the final two castaways among the returning 24 stars.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Hand-me-downs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand-me-downs. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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