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For smoother, more comfortable wear, eyeliners infused with soothing ingredients like botanical oils, hyaluronic acid, or vitamin E are a safe bet.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
17 Feb. 2025 -
Before starting the study, researchers measured the participants’ current sensitivity to different tastes, using 16 taste strips infused with four different concentrations of sweet, sour, salty, and bitter substances.—
Becky Upham,
EverydayHealth.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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The storm arrived on Friday, saturating the northern half of California with heavy rain, as well as snow in higher elevations.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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The soil becomes overly saturated, the roots rot, and the plants die.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2025
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After years steeping himself in horror, between an Exorcist film and a Halloween trilogy, the project marked a return to his humanist roots, as well as his first feature comedy in almost a decade.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
27 Nov. 2024
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The custom blend is handcrafted in small batches daily, grown to steep both long and cold, ensuring a flavor as smooth as silk.—
Isabella Milano,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Jan. 2025
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O’Connor deftly captures the hollow, haunted nature of a man confronted with picking up the pieces of his life, while imbuing Dusty with a warmth that propels the film to its central message of hope and community.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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As a fragrant plus, the French mask is imbued with an energizing scent that contains notes of lime, basil, bergamot, and rose.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2025
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It’s made by soaking ground fenugreek for several hours; beating it to a consistency that registers somewhere between meringue and Cool Whip; and then stirring in a puree of scallions and herbs.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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But if not, wet mopping can harm your floors since there's no barrier to stop water from soaking the wood.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
15 Feb. 2025
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Aside from the methane smell that permeates the area around the landfill and the dust that pollutes our air, the decaying trash is most certainly leaching into the Biscayne Aquifer, the source of our drinking water.—
Jacqueline Railey,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2025
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Water cleanliness, changing weather patterns, artificial intelligence, clean energy development and increasing incidents of flooding in coastal neighborhoods are just a few of the areas where science permeates the lives of Maryland residents.—
Brendon Davis,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Feb. 2025
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Our research also highlights the stark racial disparities that pervade Maryland’s justice system.—
Jasmine L. Tyler,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Feb. 2025
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Notions that children are nearly immune to COVID and don’t need to be vaccinated have pervaded.—
Blake Murdoch,
Scientific American,
18 Oct. 2024
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Scoring—cutting a shallow criss-cross pattern—allows seasonings to penetrate deeper into foods.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
6 Feb. 2025
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During the cool, wet winter months, the elements responded by curling upwards, allowing ample sunlight to penetrate the building.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
6 Feb. 2025
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