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.
More than three decades later, the actress would ask the French luxury powerhouse to remove her name from the bag, after a PETA investigation exposed animal abuse in farms that supplied crocodile and alligator skins to Hermes.
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Roy Stephen Canivel,
Footwear News,
5 Aug. 2026
If there are smoke issues, less time on skins, or less new oak can balance out the barbecue flavors.
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Kate Dingwall,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
31 July 2026
The animals were killed for their hides and their tongues, a culinary delicacy, but also as part of the campaign to ethnically cleanse Native Americans from the land.
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Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
20 July 2026
The update removes cattle hides, skins and leather from the scope of regulation, along with re-treaded tires, soybeans for sowing, articles of vulcanized rubber, conveyor and transmission belts, and aircraft and automobile seats.
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