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.
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.
The cliffhanger of the previous season, which saw Lister impregnated by his female self from an alternate universe, is dismissed with a pre-episode text crawl parodying Star Wars, which irreverently moved way too fast to read.
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Robert Lea,
Space.com,
14 Mar. 2026
Sgualdo’s feature debut tells the story of 15-year-old Emma, who’s impregnated after being raped.
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