At New York Fashion Week, editors traded in classic trenches for cape coats tossed over tailoring.
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Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
27 Feb. 2026
Those all-weather shoes were paired with an array of trenches, from ones with dramatic ruffled collars to some with sparkly fringe, like streaks of rain.
Admirers have left an assortment of pens and pencils on top, as if to help the writer overcome his fear of the blank white page.
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Mary Norris,
New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2026
This Bostanten laptop tote has enough capacity to hold a 16-inch laptop, as well as pens, a tablet, a wallet, and all of your other daily work essentials.
Instead, the women and their husbands found out about the data center project from speaking directly to the workers hired to move dirt and dig runoff ditches ahead of construction.
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Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2026
During heavy rain, avoid parking or walking near culverts or drainage ditches, where swift-moving water can pose a serious risk.
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Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
Two years later, a Flippy Fry Station—equipped with fry baskets instead of just a spatula—debuted at Dodger Stadium and the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Chase Field to deep-fry 31,000 pounds of chicken tenders and Tater Tots for baseball fans.
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Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
Commission data shows that glyphosate distribution has fallen from nearly 43,000 pounds in 2017 to about 10,200 pounds last year.
Volunteers can help with cleaning and refilling animals’ water, feeding animals and cleaning corrals.
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Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
The camera then cuts to shots — filmed by Jelly — of the couple’s pet cows, Crunch and S’more, escaping their corrals and running around as helpers try to get them back inside.
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