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Recent Examples of slabsPersistent slabs are one of nine types of avalanches, which include storm slab, deep persistent slab, wet slab, wet loose, dry loose, cornice fall and glide avalanche.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
The vending machine will offer two-dose boxes of naloxone and other hygiene and personal safety tools, including fentanyl test strips, xylazine, barbiturates, condoms and medetomidine.
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JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
The designer had also requested half-inch reveals, backed by strips of silvery metal, wherever the walls meet the floors.
June 14, 2026 – Reports begin to emerge that algae blooms have turned the water in the pool green again.
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Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Beyond the fruit, the dwarf golden spice pear features clusters of white spring blooms and glossy leaves that turn a striking burgundy or bronze color in the fall.
In the evening, the Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks show will draw thousands of eyes upward as 85,000 shells are launched from six barges and a laser show beams up from the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Anthony Izaguirre,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
The filmmakers cut freely and rapidly among the duo’s poses, their stumbles, their fears, their tightrope walks across precarious beams in the sky.