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Bedrooms Window sills, baseboards, ceiling fan blades, and all surfaces of the bedroom should be dusted.
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2024
Behind her, two Loewe perfumes are perched on the window sill.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
Black eucalyptus adds an elevated twist to Halloween decor, whether used as a table centerpiece or resting on a window sill in your favorite vase.
—Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2024
In a study published last month in Science Advances, the researchers found that the instability wouldn’t occur even when Thwaites retreated past its grounding zone on the bedrock sill.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 19 Sep. 2024
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2024
Behind her, two Loewe perfumes are perched on the window sill.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
Black eucalyptus adds an elevated twist to Halloween decor, whether used as a table centerpiece or resting on a window sill in your favorite vase.
—Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2024
In a study published last month in Science Advances, the researchers found that the instability wouldn’t occur even when Thwaites retreated past its grounding zone on the bedrock sill.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 19 Sep. 2024
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The home still boasts its original flooring, grand staircase, plaster beams and florets, to name a few.Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 7 Nov. 2024
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Significant damage was found on at least three beams and a portion of the bridge deck on the southbound side.Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2024
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The neighbor also later heard yelling coming from nearby woods.Antonio Planas, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Photo: Houlihan Lawrence Inc. The floor-to-ceiling windows in this listing photo of the living room open up into the woods.Clio Chang, Curbed, 8 Nov. 2024
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And this risk is much higher for people who had braces or Invisalign: Research shows that teeth naturally want to revert to their old positions after orthodontic treatment.Jenna Ryu, SELF, 29 Oct. 2024
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There are a few dozen rose bushes, various other perennial flowers, and a brace of fruit trees: the six apples, two plums (Santa Rosa and European prune), a persimmon (Hachiya), and a multi-graft Asian pear whose branches the local raccoons keep breaking in their nightly revelry.Manjula Martin, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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Deep water surrounded much of the area, so someone had placed sheets of wood on top of a chain link fence and balanced both on blocks of plastic foam, creating a makeshift barge that could pull piles of debris from shore to shore. Skid loaders crisscrossed the nearby sand.Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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The zoo shared a video of the baby calf sniffing for food in a pile of glass across its social media accounts to celebrate her birth.Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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According to Saga, the actor is still wearing a neck brace and keeping his right hand in a splint.Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2024
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Soon the team was tracking the world of inflatable systems, something seen at the time in the form of air splints inside ski boots.Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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But there are still enormous stakes for Californians on Tuesday night.Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the election of 2024, these figures have been some of the most vocal in making the case that this isn’t a normal election cycle, that democracy is at stake.Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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Schneider allegedly was unaware of the pivotal scene in which Brando’s character anally rapes her character using a stick of butter as a lubricant.Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
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The cordless design is streamlined and shaped like a stick vacuum but with no bulky canister to contend with.Shea Simmons, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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This post, which received widespread criticism, mirrors similar content circulating on social media.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Next year when January 6 insurrectionists and election saboteurs like Tina Peter are pardoned and election deniers and their silent enablers assume cabinet posts and leadership of powerful congressional committees, try not to be cynical.Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2024
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“Sill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sill. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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