The costume—doofy top hat, smeared white paint—suggested full commitment to the bit.
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Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
Over in the next aisle, Gifty Anderson, who typically buys bales from Canada and the United Kingdom, held up a dress smeared with body makeup and tossed it aside without a second thought.
The school's statement said the receipt supporting the claim of the fake cigars had the time and date smudged out.
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Ryan Canfield OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
12 June 2026
From the estuary of the River Plate, the city looks mysterious, almost smudged, its lines seeming less refined than those of Paris but more modern than Warsaw’s.
As a result, many people living near Mavecure have gotten out of gold mining, which polluted the jungle rivers with mercury and sediment, to work as tour guides, operate restaurants and hostels, or sell arts and crafts.
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John Otis,
NPR,
30 May 2026
At the latter, four local farmers show The Athletic water courses polluted with crude oil.
The line between fictional and real K-pop blurred further in May this year, when Netflix and AEG Presents announced a global concert tour featuring real-life performers as HUNTR/X.
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Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
The pressure had become relentless, the boundaries increasingly blurred, and the cost to my own wellbeing impossible to ignore.
Troupis and Roman both filed motions seeking to relocate the trial from Dane County, which includes Madison, to neighboring Jefferson County, saying negative publicity had tainted the potential jury pool.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
Troupis and Roman both filed motions seeking to relocate the trial from Dane County, which includes Madison, to neighboring Jefferson County, saying negative publicity had tainted the potential jury pool.
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