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Recent Examples of snuggeryUp some floating staircases, a landing was arrayed with Ping-Pong and foosball tables and a snuggery of orange Knoll womb chairs.—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
To keep weeds at bay, spread sterile straw between rows.
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Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
Its sweeping bay, all shifting sands and improbable light with views of the Lakeland Fells beyond, is the real draw, particularly at sunset when the sky seems to double in scale.
The hot water at the three compartment sink was measured below proper hot water temperatures.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
May 8,
Sacbee.com,
8 May 2026
Cascading system failures would lead to a race against time to seal compartments and preserve breathable air, though decompression would often happen too quickly for the crew to react.
Video shot by a passenger aboard the plane and shared with CBS News shows smoke in the cabin of the aircraft.
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Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
9 May 2026
The recent coverage of a cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak is painfully familiar to cruisers who spent days and weeks trapped in their cabins at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
Many solitary wasps dig nesting chambers in sandy soils, like the cicada killer and the great golden digger wasps.
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Pamm Cooper,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
Virginia Democrats, who control both chambers of the General Assembly, approved $5 million in state funding tied to election administration, early voting operations, and voter education efforts connected to the referendum.
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Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
8 May 2026
Every Southern kitchen has that one drawer that just won’t quite close.
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Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
11 May 2026
Paul Mitchell, a demographer who drew a new California congressional map last year intended to give Democrats more seats and which the state’s voters approved, explained that the process of drawing a map starts with conversations between a map drawer and congressional and local party leadership.