However, the capsaicin content of peppers doesn’t increase at a steady rate during the pepper-ripening process.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Oct. 2025
Apples should be stored in a cool, dark place with good air circulation, like a refrigerator, to slow down the ripening process and keep them fresh longer.
And while the absence of a hometown rooting interest obviously won’t translate into a total baseball blackout hereabouts, only someone who’s been clobbered over the head by Wonderboy might expect to see the World Series ratings reach the heights of last year.
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Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
10 Oct. 2025
The bulbs will have a hard time rooting once the ground freezes, so make sure there’s enough time for a strong root system to develop.
Such a blatant falsehood making it to the press conference betrays the fact that there is no limit to how false something has to be in order for this administration to resist propagating it.
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Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
25 Sep. 2025
To develop a whole-virus vaccine, researchers must first spend months isolating and propagating the virus.
Despite Cameroon being an oil-producing country that is experiencing modest economic growth, young people say the benefits have not trickled down beyond the elites.
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Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
My husband was producing a TV series when our son was born, and he was gone for at least 12 hours a day.
The Unveiling of Goodall’s Rose Henry Breed, political adviser in the UN General Assembly, proposed creating the Jane Goodall Rose in hopes of planting it at the UN’s International Peace Garden.
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Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Oct. 2025
Make sure to take size into account when planting so the mums don’t give the coral bells too much shade.
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