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Recent Examples of ridgepoleErect a ridgepole between trees and tilt branches against one side to make a lean-to framework.—Keith McCafferty/field & Stream, Popular Science, 26 Jan. 2021
If a mattress is too soft, the heavier parts of your body can sink and your spine will likely get out of alignment.
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Andee Tagle,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
Similarly, lumbar bone stress injuries such as pars (a stress fracture to the pars interarticularis, a small segment of bone in the lumbar spine) can also be an issue.
Dozens of house plants decorate the shelves and window sills, absorbing the light from windows that run from the tops of bookshelves to the ceiling.
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Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
29 July 2025
Meanwhile, a parrot in Northern Ireland has an unlikely best friend: A cat who often jumps up on the window sill, where the parrot likes to chat with him.
The bacon fat and rendered ham drippings are the backbone of this super simple savory sauce, studded with small pieces of sweet mirepoix and earthy black-eyed peas.
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Elizabeth Mervosh,
Southern Living,
6 Oct. 2025
American historiography of the Civil War would be dominated by the Confederate-friendly into the middle of the twentieth century, providing intellectual backbone for the American version of apartheid.
The fear was that Jayden Daniels would be limited, that the brace on his left knee — or the knee itself — would hinder his running or his elusiveness, eliminate his quick cuts or somehow slow him down.
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Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
But the reality that will be with the Cats all season was there, too, in the hallway outside the home team’s dressing room, as Aleksander Barkov moved slowly past, on crutches, his right knee in a brace.
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