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Recent Examples of servietteUse them to aid in pouring wine so that not a drop ends up in the wrong place, or set them beneath decanters like proper serviettes.—Hannah Selinger, wsj.com, 29 Sep. 2023 For this look, take a red washable serviette and fashion it into a long, thin roll.—Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 22 Nov. 2022 Make loose brunch plans with the hottest bystander and escape into the night with a slice of cake wrapped in a serviette for the subway.—Raven Smith, Vogue, 12 Nov. 2020 Take a serviette and wipe the rim, making sure there’s no foil.—Sarah Solomon, Town & Country, 28 July 2017 Still, the Smithsonian is right to to honor this most famous of American serviettes, the Magna Carta of modern Republican economics.—Jeet Heer, New Republic, 18 Oct. 2017 Take a serviette and wipe the rim, making sure there’s no foil.—Sarah Solomon, Town & Country, 28 July 2017
Elon Musk and fellow businessman Vivek Ramaswamy on the day the Department of Government Efficiency became public were at one of the club's bars, scratching out thoughts on a napkin.
It's packed with compartments: a front zippered pocket for essentials, a shoe section, a wet/dry pocket for sweaty towels or wet toiletries, and a mesh bag for post-workout clothes.
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Boutayna Chokrane,
WIRED,
16 Feb. 2025
Storing extra sheets, towels, and blankets in plastic containers is a great way to keep them organized without losing your mind about where to store them.
How pig kidneys can work in humans The challenge with this type of transplant is that the human body often rejects foreign tissue.
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Alice Park,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
But only around eight plesiosaurs have ever been found with some of their soft tissue still preserved—and many are housed in museums that don’t want to see the flesh destroyed for the sake of research.
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