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lints

noun

plural of lint

as in furs

a soft airy substance or covering it's important to clean the lint out of the dryer every time you use it

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An early tour of his estate, provided by the swirling camerawork of Emmanuel Lubezki, reveals a catalogue of crimes against the animal kingdom, with antlers and furs festooning every surface.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026
Pony fur falls under an umbrella category of animal furs that accounted for $468,330 of Canadian exports to the United States last year, according to US trade data.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

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There simply wasn’t enough of either scattered across the piles, the team found.

— Mike McRae October 06, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
Nearby, the neat rows of grapevines and fig trees his family had tended for three generations had vanished under piles of rubble.

— Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026

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Vanderbilt turned the ball over on downs late in the third quarter after a catch by Sherrill was ruled incomplete after a review, and the Bulldogs held Vanderbilt scoreless for the rest of the game.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
On that initial drive, the Dolphins converted four third downs, including a third-and-18 by penalty.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026

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