To prevent outbreaks of this debilitating, disfiguring and deadly disease, state and local governments implemented smallpox inoculation and vaccination campaigns into the early 1900s.
—
Stacie Kershner,
The Conversation,
22 Sep. 2025
Killing or seriously disfiguring a neighbor's plants can be grounds for a court battle.
Meanwhile, the people defacing Friend’s advertisements are expressing a much larger, inchoate rage at the broader AI industry, not just these plastic pendants that practically nobody owns.
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Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
6 Oct. 2025
If a student or college employee is found defacing or otherwise vandalizing the commemoration, the bill requires the institution to expel or fire them.
Including playoffs, Mayfield turned the ball over more than anyone else from 2023 through 2024, marring an otherwise fantastic two seasons in Tampa Bay.
—
Jacob Robinson,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
An optional front rack on both models adds instant utility without marring the retro-fantastic looks.
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