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Recent Examples of regrindAnd, of course, no knife is perfect, so many owners will regrind the blade to meet their personal specifications.—New Atlas, 9 Nov. 2025
City of Dallas has only eight snow plows The city of Dallas has only eight snow plows and about 100 sanding trucks for 11,700 lane miles of roads, forcing it to prioritize.
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Julia James,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Feb. 2026
By ignoring class as a factor in its characters’ lives, Bridgerton has often sanded away much of the underlying friction between them — and done the couples’ love stories a disservice in the process.
The Manhattan district attorney's office subsequently investigated, but no charges were filed.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
One of Herzog’s entourage, Doron Almog, chairman of the Jewish Agency, is also the subject of a formal complaint filed with the AFP by four legal groups including the Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ) and Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq.
What follows is not a quick montage of temporary setbacks, but a grinding legal odyssey through an all-too-familiar hell determined to make the already-struggling Amanda pay for someone else’s mistake.
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Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
4 Feb. 2026
After spending much of 2025 locked in a grinding consolidation, PEG has now broken above its bearish trendline, signaling a transition from defense to accumulation.
Chef Brian Young, who honed his chops at Le Bernardin and The Quilted Giraffe, channels tradition and elegance with dishes like lobster thermidor, chicken cordon bleu, and a gorgeous sablefish cloaked in caviar beurre blanc.
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Andrea Strong,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Feb. 2026
Players in college can also further hone their skills in hopes of attracting the interest of pro teams.
Set the scene Set on a leafy corner of Recoleta, close enough to the action but removed from the tourist hubbub, Sofitel is polished without being stuffy, the kind of place where everyone looks put-together even at breakfast.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2026
Many are polished enough to appear legitimate at first glance.
Mama winds through the labyrinth of shelves, smiling when her fingers gloss the gold spine of a good read, the same way my hand slides over Angelou’s book.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
Moore proved that less is more, highlighting her features with a glowing complexion, subtly contoured cheekbones, gloss on her lips, and not much else.