The ones that are accepted are run through a machine that shakes the envelopes — this makes the ballot sink to the bottom of the envelope — and slices them open.
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Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
28 May 2026
Clear nail polish can be used instead of saliva or water to easily seal envelopes by swiping a small amount along the edge of the envelope flap before closing.
Other novelties include indigo, gray and beige coatings and a gray coating on a black base, and a new construction with dark and light indigo rope dye.
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Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
22 Apr. 2026
Low-e coatings, a thin coat of silver sprayed onto a glass surface, can help reduce the amount of heat that reaches a building’s interior by reflecting both the visible light and heat, but the coating can’t fully eliminate solar heat gain.
And one of the best ways to celebrate fall is by going apple picking, as crowd-pleasers like Galas and Honeycrisps begin blushing into their reddish-gold skins.
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Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Sep. 2026
The majority of Da•Di Rosso (red) ferments in Tuscan terra-cotta amphorae and remains in contact with the skins for approximately three months.
The text is written on parchment made from sheep, fleeced, their hides soaked in lime, stretched and dried.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2026
Conversely, Zumthor’s building—however outsize, expensive, and anomalous—hides in plain sight as a piece of urban engineering, stitching together and swallowing the horizontal city whole.
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