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a black powder that is formed when something (such as wood or coal) is burned
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Recent Examples of soot
Wearing a mask to filter out the acrid tang of sulfates and carbon soot, Wu uses his phone’s camera to capture the license plates and company markings on the buses, then a nearby address, then the school’s façade.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2024
Inhalable particulate matter, or PM10, includes such debris as dust, pollen, wildfire ash and soot.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
Each day a child breathes wildfire smoke thick with ash and fine soot that child’s likelihood of experiencing anxiety and depression and other mental health problems increases, according to new scientific research on air pollution and childhood development.
—Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2024
Many samples taken during the week of the accident in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and New York were flagged for contamination, showing soot, ash and dirt.
—Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2024
Inhalable particulate matter, or PM10, includes such debris as dust, pollen, wildfire ash and soot.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
Each day a child breathes wildfire smoke thick with ash and fine soot that child’s likelihood of experiencing anxiety and depression and other mental health problems increases, according to new scientific research on air pollution and childhood development.
—Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2024
Many samples taken during the week of the accident in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and New York were flagged for contamination, showing soot, ash and dirt.
—Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soot
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As days went by and dirt, dog waste and grime piled up in the Produce Hotel in Skid Row, Jermaine Staley broke into the janitorial closet.Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Keep rubber seals and the door clean with a damp cloth to prevent soil and grime from building up.Nora Colomer, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Curly hair products like curly hair oils and shampoos, however, are full of ingredients that ensure your strands are nourished, strengthened, and truly cleansed of all the gunk that weighs them down—leaving light, bouncy curls in their wake.Malia Griggs, Glamour, 29 July 2024
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Place newspaper over the glue and run the iron over it to remove the gunk.Kim Kircher, Outside Online, 11 Oct. 2013
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So settle in for some real filth from the Pope of Trash, and queue up the marathon.Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2024
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The statue might be the first time New Yorkers have anything to fear from pigeons aside from perhaps their filth.Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
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Possibly an easier and often onetime treatment is a systemic insecticide found at garden centers to use as a spray or soil treatment following the label.Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
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Property acquisitions and building renovations create a vast landscape filled with diverse challenges, from soil contamination and unsafe water to hazardous structures and other environmental risks.Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
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Robinson is a bit of a projection but Hall put up big stats for a crud team last year.Mike Vorkunov, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
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Testers pushed its limits in nearly every type of terrain—ripping on groomers, bombing through crud, and sucking up bumps—and awarded the Ranger 96 the highest versatility score by a long shot, which is, of course, what this category is all about.Outside Editors, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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Then toss the crocks and lid in the dishwasher for easy clean up.Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2024
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Here are the highlights, and the full recipe is further below: Add ingredients to slow cooker: Stir together all the ingredients (but not the toppings) in a slow-cooker crock.Mary Claire Britton, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024
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This Roomba sweeps and sucks up dust for 120 minutes on a single charge.Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 23 Nov. 2024
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Instead, use a damp towel or microfiber cloth, which can trap and lock in dust, reducing the amount that’s stirred up when cleaning.Alyssa Shaffer, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2024
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The Genki Ala Wai Project | 👨👨👧💡🌱 Built in 1928, Honolulu’s Ala Wai Canal has become one of Hawaiʻi’s most polluted waterways, accumulating debris and sludge that releases toxic compounds into the water.CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2024
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The most party-hearty horror movie of a party-hearty decade, The Return of the Living Dead will bring tons of madcap energy — and toxic sludge — to your movie night.Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Soot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soot. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.
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