From removing splinters or opening bandages, to snagging ingrown hairs and tightening eyeglass screws, tweezers are one of those travel essentials that my mom never regrets packing.
—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Feb. 2026
Similarly, older floors tend to creak and squeak underfoot, and may even have loose staples, nails, or wooden splinters that can put you at risk.
How much America’s Culinary Cup relies on head-to-head cook-offs to send people home gives all those slivers of information a little more urgency, though.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
On the tea-time menu that Wednesday is Vazhakkai Bajji, green plantain slivers folded into spicy chickpea batter, deep-fried a crisp orange-brown and presented on a banana leaf with a coconut dipping chutney on the side.
Yet University City has never developed the kind of independent dining culture that has flourished in other parts of Charlotte.
—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Mar. 2026
O'ahu resident Melanie Lee saw what's left of her house for the first time on Monday after the worst flooding Hawaii has seen in two decades turned parts of the islands' emerald communities into mud.
Residents are rightfully furious that their voices are systematically marginalized by a process that grants the applicant extensive time and resources while limiting community input to mere three-minute snippets.
—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
23 Mar. 2026
After posting the video on Tuesday, LaRussell doubled down on promoting the untitled track, posting several snippets of himself performing verses.
—
Zara Irshad,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Mar. 2026
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