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Recent Examples of pullerAnother tool combines a Phillips and flathead screwdriver (via a flippable bit), a tungsten steel automotive glass-breaking stud, a nail puller, a rope cutter, plus 5- and 7-mm hex wrench holes.—New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2025 This inexpensive gadget works similarly to how a weed puller does in the garden.—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025 Meanwhile, a padded nylon upper provides insulation while an adjustable puller lacing system enhances comfort and convenience.—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
These aircraft collectively transport, project and protect the America, which typically carries nearly 2,600 sailors and Marines.
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Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025
The Peacoat The peacoat, spotlighted at Patou, brings a sense of heritage to modern wardrobe staples; now an emblem of polished style, the peacoat is said to have originated in the 18th century, when it was first worn by Dutch sailors.
Earhart was traveling with her navigator, Fred Noonan, in a twin-engine Lockheed Electra when the duo vanished while in flight from New Guinea to Howland Island during Earhart's attempt to make history as the first female pilot to fly across the globe.
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Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
At the time, its staff of several hundred men included dozens of strike teams, each with a drone pilot, a navigator, and several crew members.
Clean your straightener, curling iron A cotton ball or swab dipped in rubbing alcohol is the easiest way to clean a flat iron or curling iron.
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Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
Whether residue swabs from the hands of the defendants who were arrested near the detention facility revealed firearm primer or suggested fireworks use, indicating, perhaps, their proximity to Song, were among the elements of physical evidence that the defense attorneys probed on Tuesday.
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Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Oct. 2025
TikTok creators and influencers have been filming themselves pouring honey onto a spoon, or even on the back of their hand, and sprinkling it with salt — many opting for natural options of both — and taking a dose before heading to the gym.
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Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
29 Sep. 2025
Use a drizzle of olive oil, a pinch of salt, and your favorite herbs or spices for flavor without extra calories.
Recent economic and life-cycle assessments indicate that converting bio-tar into bio-carbon can deliver net-positive energy, financial, and environmental benefits.
The Collegeville outfit came with the mask of a scowling pirate with an open eye-patch that looked more like a black eye and a sickly green pallor that would shiver the timbers of the saltiest sea dog.
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René Guzman,
San Antonio Express-News,
2 Oct. 2024
Under the black flag Overall, around 4,000 sea dogs plagued the world’s sea lanes during the golden age of piracy.
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Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
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