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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
As both business owner and head baker — her black chef’s coat is usually powdered with flour, her hands stained with icing — Vee won’t have time this June to participate in the Chicago Pride Parade.
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Sophie Levenson,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
Pallets of jurema bark, powdered and shredded, in a storage room at one of Akasha Song’s production facilities.
Some parents are especially upset when religion is introduced at the local elementary school—in the form of Jesus Christ himself physically showing up and milling around.
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Tyler Foggatt,
New Yorker,
25 July 2025
People milled around the grounds on the western end of Balboa Park, perusing vendor booths and resting with drinks in the shade.
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Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 July 2025
The regime crushed the protests and placed Mousavi under house arrest.
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Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
8 Aug. 2025
Alex Freeland popped out on his bunt attempt, but Ohtani crushed a 93-mph sinker from Cardinals starter Matthew Liberatore, sending it 440 feet to left-center field for a two-run home run – and his 1,000th major-league hit.
Remaining bones are pulverized and mixed with the compost, which is then put in another vessel and allowed to sit for another 30 days or so.
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Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
16 July 2025
Next big thing: In the wake of his team being pulverized on the boards in losing the first two games in Las Vegas, Glass went big midway through the first period.
The increasingly common habit of second screening — like texting or browsing social media while watching a TV show — further fragments the attention span.
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Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
The internet has fragmented and flattened subcultures.
Instead, Valentine says, try initiating negotiations at a mid-year check-in, when your boss will have more time to mull over and incorporate the changes.
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Talia Wexler,
CNBC,
10 July 2025
But what about Al Horford? Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens cast doubt on the 39-year-old returning to the Garden in green and white, as Horford continues to mull his options in free agency.
The set disappeared in a flash, against an opponent who had beaten her in straight sets in their previous meeting in Washington, D.C.
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James Hansen,
New York Times,
7 Aug. 2025
Lisa Walker-Yeager and Gary Bradley Lopez beat Alex Sanchez and Michael N. Paulson in the race for the at-large District 1 seat on the Board of Public Utilities.
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