On the way out, as a staffer closed down the merch stand and the lobby bars’ slushy machines quietly hummed, Donegan brought up the lyric about caviar dreams.
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Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
For most Rocky Mountain towns, skijoring is a familiar winter activity typically accompanied by hot apple cider, slushy walkways, and crisp breaths.
The narrow lanes are waterlogged and airless, and here in India’s financial capital, a deadly disease is lurking at every door.
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CNN Money,
CNN Money,
21 Sep. 2025
More than 300 oak piles were found well-preserved in waterlogged soil near the site of the Zihl River, which the bridge once stretched across, connecting a major thoroughfare.
Some of the diciest action – and most frustrating nights – for Powell involved sprinting across wet cobblestones or through a graveyard full of smoke in the dark.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
Otherwise, the state or large cities would need to pay huge sums to fellow CAP users to persuade them to forgo their water and let more vulnerable users stay wet.
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