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Recent Examples of micronizeThankfully they’ve have been upgraded in recent years to be micronized so the white cast isn’t as noticeable.—Holly Carter, Peoplemag, 1 June 2023
His face and arms are mysteriously darkened, as if powdered with soot, but somehow—and this is the first of a dozen quirks in the painting—his white shirt is in near-mint condition.
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Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2026
Each day, an FX makeup team used around 400 prosthetics on the passengers, and made 3,000 gel capsules filled with sodium bicarbonate, citric acid and red powdered Kool-Aid.
Taken together, these actions will cripple Iran's military, crush their ability to support terrorist proxies and deny them the ability to build a nuclear bomb.
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James Powel,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
The thinking is that if oil doesn’t start flowing out of the Middle East soon, prices would have to go high enough to balance the market by crushing demand.
Compared to my Vitamix, the Nutribullet is lightweight, takes up less space on the counter, and is still able to pulverize frozen fruit and ice with the same force.
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Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 Apr. 2026
However, while chemically the same, beach sand is made up of tiny crystals of quartz that have been pulverized by geological weathering and the pounding of ocean waves.
Each checkpoint exists because identity is fragmented across siloed systems.
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Alex Israel,
Fortune,
4 Apr. 2026
Other historical comets have been linked to the Kreutz group, including one seen by Aristotle in 372 BC, which was observed to fragment into multiple pieces.
His snapper and one-timer are borderline elite and can cleanly beat goalies from anywhere in the offensive zone (the puck really rattles off his blade).
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Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
The Swedish winger snapped a shot from the high slot that beat Dostal glove-side for his team-leading 73rd point.