Merchants in fine suits rode in carriages or on sedan chairs while enslaved people lugging carts and crates wore dirty, threadbare clothing and could be publicly whipped or burned to death for misbehavior.
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Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
9 June 2026
An American flag hangs at the front of Mohammad Ghafari’s Shater Abbass Bakery & Market along Westwood, where crates of pomegranates, oranges, watermelon and other fruit and vegetables crowd the sidewalk.
The eleven canvas suites are furnished in classic 1920s style, with campaign furniture, antique trunks, Persian rugs, brass fittings and vintage photographs.
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Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
The fabric of most men's swim trunks doesn't contain as much elastane as a woman's bathing suit.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
12 June 2026
The men found information on target businesses and used pry bars and sledgehammers to break into buildings and open safes that stored pull-tab proceeds, the complaint states.
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Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
28 May 2026
The safes had been seized in a pot shop raid, a source within the sheriff’s office said.
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Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
Despite being a town renowned for its textile crafts, Lagartera’s finest works are too elaborate for everyday use, hidden away in wooden chests or closets and reemerging for special occasions.
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Catherine Tansey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
McAfee, not fully grasping why people would want to drink milk that was unpasteurized, nonetheless went to his silo, filled half-gallon containers and packed them in ice chests.
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