Popular choices include simple carbohydrates like cereal, granola, white bread, or pastries.
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Desireé Oostland,
Vogue,
4 Mar. 2026
How to play Mega Millions Player can pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers — five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 24 (the gold Mega Mall).
Gosling begins singing about the pale blue dot and his new movie — but the camera keeps panning away, selecting Harry!
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Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Mar. 2026
Fruit Salad To keep things chic and simple, opt for a neutral base and ask for cherry, strawberry, orange, and blueberry designs in muted shades, with pale green stems to keep the look fun but not too outré.
Warm, ashen, and almost preternaturally glossy, consider the pop star's interpretation a blueprint for the mutable color trend.
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Calin Van Paris,
InStyle,
3 Mar. 2026
The venerable monk was draped in his maroon and saffron robe, his bare feet looking ashen with dust, a few of his toes still blackened from his arduous walk.
If the land in question has been converted from agricultural fields to golf-course acreage, the net impact of those other factors might actually be lessened, but that’s a wan exculpation.
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David Quammen,
Outside Online,
2 Mar. 2020
The industrial lagers were flavorless, wan and dilute; craft beer, by contrast, would be rich, complex and delicious.
Coal burning power plants are also significant producers of carbon dioxide, a planet-warming gas, and once burned, the fuel leaves a dangerous ashy residue that readily contaminates groundwater and is difficult to remediate.
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Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
25 Feb. 2026
This is in addition to making my skin look ashy and highlighting flaky, dry skin.
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