The former president had probably dreamt of the moment of her upcoming detention before, imagining crowds of frenzied supporters standing between her and the police , unwilling to allow their leader to be soiled by the dirty hands of the crooked security forces.
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Agustino Fontevecchia,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Watching Burrow run around like he was being attacked by bees in the backfield might have left more than a few pairs of underwear soiled in the Greater Cincinnati area.
For the most part, this is about strained resources, not sullied reputations.
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Emma Whitford,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
That means the air on the Colorado Plateau — when not sullied by the ever-lengthening wildfire season — has become cleaner as the coal industry faded away.
The area is significantly polluted with DDT, a chemical used as an insecticide that was banned in 1972.
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Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Sep. 2025
Other public speakers, like Tabitha Fader, said the reroute would cause irreparable harm if wetlands and rivers were polluted during pipeline construction or in the event of a spill.
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