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Consider Your Water's Hardness Level Water hardness also plays a role in when your sink should be cleaned.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Jan. 2025 -
Water hardness is determined by the amount of minerals present in your water.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
19 Dec. 2024
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Related: ‘Neglected diseases’ are anything but neglected by the billion-plus people living with them One possible reason for this obduracy is that noma begins as a dental disease, and dental diseases have long been underappreciated global health concerns.—
John Button,
STAT,
16 Dec. 2023
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Andreas blames the obduracy of U.S. politicians and bureaucrats for the persistence of the drug wars, despite their evident failure and their huge financial and human costs.—
Russell Crandall,
Foreign Affairs,
20 Apr. 2021
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The 17-year-old mother, named for a callosity near her blowhole that looks like a snow cone, no longer had the same girth or the dark black skin of a healthy right whale.—
David Abel,
BostonGlobe.com,
30 Sep. 2022
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The callosity patterns, like fingerprints, are unique to each whale, allowing researchers who have pored over whale catalogue photos to recognize plenty in the wild.—
Dino Grandoni,
Anchorage Daily News,
22 Apr. 2022
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Image The cheeky line was a foil for her postpartum depression, which manifested in a potent mix of self-loathing, apathy for her son and rage toward her husband.—
Maggie Lange,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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Life-giving energy inspires innovation and trust, while draining energy creates climates of stress and apathy.—
Susanne Biro,
Forbes,
16 Dec. 2024
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For some years, my larynx has been swimming in phlegm, the result of an undetermined ratio between reflux and postnasal drip.—
John McPhee,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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State of phlegm: From Dec. 29 to Jan. 4, metro hospitals admitted more people with influenza than any week in at least the previous five years, according to the latest Minnesota Department of Health data.—
Kyle Stokes,
Axios,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Halfheartedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfheartedness. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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