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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
The debris – space rocks known as meteoroids – collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky, according to NASA.
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Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
Indeed, with Iran’s refusal to end hostilities on unfavorable terms and willingness to fight to the end, alongside Israel’s belligerence and desire to disintegrate the Iranian state, risks of further escalation remain.
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.
People milled about in suits and sunglasses, as parking attendants guided car after car into a dusty lot.
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Rose Evans
Updated May 6,
Idaho Statesman,
6 May 2026
The driving range was packed, families milled around the miniature golf course, and inside, the pro shop had been picked nearly clean of gear bearing the course’s logo.
Akiira’Ley Vazquez went the distance while striking out 11 as well as crushing two home runs and driving in four as Greater New Bedford topped Old Rochester 10-2 in South Coast Conference action.
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Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
8 May 2026
Our restaurant teams have been absolutely crushed in the best possible way, working around the clock to keep up with the response, the lines, and the wave after wave of Royals fans showing up hungry.
Democrats, meanwhile, contend the map deliberately fragments minority communities — particularly in regions like Tampa Bay and South Florida — in ways that advantage Republicans.
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Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
In a landscape where trust is increasingly fragmented, that connection matters more than ever.
Republicans hold a narrow lead in those gerrymandering wars, and more GOP-leaning states are now either delaying primaries or mulling calling special sessions to redraw new lines.