To keep the soil moist and cool, a mulch of pine bark or pine straw is helpful.
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Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 July 2025
While there are about 2,800 species of scorpions, there is only one in the U.S. that's dangerous to humans, according to the University of Arizona Health Sciences: the Arizona bark scorpion.
Similarly to smoke detectors, a carbon monoxide detector will produce a quiet chirp when the battery is low.
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Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 June 2025
Immediately after being traded and added to the team’s group chat, the chirps started flying.
Bennett, who knocked Marchand out of a couple games of the playoffs last year with a controversial hit, was the first victim.
Tell that to the kids who have been hospitalized and died from measles, following quack Dr. Bobby’s Rx to avoid the shots.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
29 May 2025
The Spare Room by Helen Garner This is a book about a woman, Helen, who decides to let her old friend, Nicola, who is dying of cancer, come and stay with her in Melbourne while Nicola sees a local quack doctor.
When the spotlight hit vocalist Noah Sebastian, a decidedly un-metal chorus of teenage squeals filled the air.
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Cal Roach,
jsonline.com,
5 July 2025
The gym was quiet, echoing only the squeal of sneakers and pounding of the basketball instead of the music and laughter that typically accompany a pregame training session.
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