On one visit, the pizza was smeared in a creamy, garlicky white sauce with a smattering of roasted broccoli.
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Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
Clearly, the presence of sugar was no deterrent, as the dog appeared to have enthusiastically investigated the fallen bag, emerging with powdered evidence smeared across his face.
Grace, her white lace dress blackened with blood, is smoking a cigarette outside of an incinerated mansion that belongs to her in-laws, the Le Domas, who are all dead.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
The Israeli strikes on oil facilities sparked massive pillars of fire and blackened the skies above Tehran.
Meanwhile, at the Milan Fashion Week show, the star embraced an edgy aesthetic with a messy low ponytail and smudged black eyeliner with smoky navy eyeshadow.
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Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
26 Feb. 2026
Then move on to large appliance fronts—specifically, those stainless steel fridges and ovens that are easily smudged.
In short, the toxic cloud of judgment that Borgli seeks to interrogate has settled around and polluted the reception to the movie itself, forming a kind of life-versus-art ouroboros that, in the eyes of the most cynical marketeers, might seem less a blow than an opportunity.
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
Sometimes, the water can be polluted and not look brown, but more cloudy or even colorless.
But a battlefield promotion to Ayatollah was arranged, blending faith with politics in an exercise that critics said sullied both even before Khamenei reinforced his position by earthly means, elevating the IRGC.
—
Karl Vick,
Time,
28 Feb. 2026
Revelations in 2020 that Boohoo’s Leicester contractors were subjecting their workers to exploitative pay and unsafe conditions certainly sullied the Midlands city’s reputation.
—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Feb. 2026
Institutional investors, such as German pension funds, saw the company as ethically tainted, and its stock price lagged far behind that of defense firms from other parts of Europe.
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Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
Ohio has seen fewer deaths but more risky behavior lately as fentanyl supplies dry up and people turn to substitutes tainted by animal tranquilizers.
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