The group sees ample opportunity for partnership with some of the denim industry’s leading finishing innovators, who have worked to replace stone-washing techniques—which are polluting and water-guzzling—with lasers to achieve whiskering and distressing.
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Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Sep. 2025
China’s is arguably the most important; whatever the world’s most-polluting country does will determine the planet’s climate trajectory.
Towards the middle of the month, Venus will highlight friendships and social circles, blurring the line between platonic and romantic — a crush could suddenly feel more significant.
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Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
Defendants have made a range of arguments that, if accepted, risk blurring the line between civil and military federal power—to the detriment of this nation.
High-Heat-Safe Alternatives While enameled cast-iron cookware is excellent to use for braising, roasting, baking, or gentle stovetop cooking, certain high heat applications like searing steak or blackening fish are best done in other types of pans, like traditional cast iron or stainless steel.
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Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
Each footstep sent up clouds of dust and ash, coating everything, including my mouth and teeth, in fine grit, blackening my snot and saliva.
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River Selby
August 25,
Literary Hub,
25 Aug. 2025
His arrest and subsequent trial blew it over like a house of cards, though, tarnishing Combs' reputation with claims of domestic abuse, intimidation and rampant drug use.
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Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
There’s new leadership, new investors, and new games this time around, all in an effort to revive the brand without tarnishing its legacy.
Rahmani, the former prosecutor, said statements by Patel and other Justice Department officials could raise concerns about tainting the jury pool in a future trial.
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Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
And around all this, the whiff of Epstein is tainting the president's achievements.
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