Baking soda rinses are best for smooth-skinned fruits like apples, pears, and grapes; fragile fruits like berries should be rinsed gently with water only.
—
Lynn Andriani,
Martha Stewart,
14 Mar. 2026
Salmon does not need to be rinsed; in fact, rinsing the fish can lead to contamination.
After using it, my scalp honestly felt so clean and refreshed.
—
Catharine Malzahn,
Glamour,
18 Mar. 2026
Apple has refreshed its AirPods Max headphones with new internals for better performance, as well as a handful of features that bring it in line with current-gen over-ear models.
Fresh water would be pumped at least 100 miles inland to reach California's Imperial Valley, a vast desert that today is irrigated with Colorado River water to grow crops from alfalfa to lettuce and onions.
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Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
The orchard is dry farmed, meaning it is not irrigated other than by winter rain, which averages 14-15 inches, the same as that of Los Angeles.
The water systems in both buildings will be flushed.
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Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
5 Mar. 2026
The wreckage in the water had been flushed into the North Yuba River and stalled about a mile downstream at the mouth of Englebright Lake in mid-February after a ruptured pipe at New Colgate Powerhouse sent a deluge of water and hillside into the river.
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