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Levante’s players, coach and staff played a big role in providing crucial supplies and support when the team’s home city of Valencia was badly flooded last October.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025 -
The Plowshare Project dreamt up idealistic, peacetime applications, such as reversing the course of rivers, triggering small earthquakes to prevent large ones from forming, flooding desserts, and, above all, snaking out a Central American canal with fewer vulnerabilities.—
Shoshi Parks,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2025
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Ashcraft then started wetting down the roof of her family’s home until they were ordered to evacuate.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2025
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Her lifestyle website recommends wetting down the tub with warm water, then applying a paste consisting of a mix of baking soda and a dollop of dish soap.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
2 June 2025
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Consider a misting device or a drop fountain.—
Joyce Orlando,
Nashville Tennessean,
4 Sep. 2025
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Once cool, pour it into a spray bottle and lightly mist the smelly surfaces.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025
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Records show Washington Medicaid officials have been inundated with questions from CMS about federal payments covering emergency and pregnancy care for immigrants without legal status.—
Angela Hart,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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We’re now inundated with new movie premieres (TIFF, for one, has a staggering 209 features), with Telluride wrapped and Venice heading into its final weekend.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Of course, the retort is that this would be irritating and exasperating to be continually deluged with alerts about AI deceptiveness.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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The Village of Ruidoso confirmed the fatalities in a statement late Tuesday night, after monsoon-like rains deluged the region and overwhelmed its waterways.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
9 July 2025
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Thank you to everyone whos been showering so much love and support for the music and movie.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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On a StudBudz stream, Courtney Williams complained about having to share space at the team’s practice area, particularly when players and other attendees of the recreation center need to shower.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Heavy rainfall will be possible from the thunderstorms later today as the atmosphere moistens.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
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Drizzle butter over crumb mixture; pulse until evenly moistened.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
24 Aug. 2025
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Always reserve pasta cooking water to hydrate the sauce as needed—the sauce should adhere to the pasta, not just sit on top.—
Jenn Rice,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The brand’s Active Sunscreen Cream is the perfect all-over sunscreen enhanced with vitamin E to hydrate and soothe your skin.—
Gabrielle Marchese,
Outside,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Hose (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hose%20%28down%29. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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