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Recent Examples of aftertastesOur editors liked the creamy texture and balanced flavor of this frosting, that didn't leave any unappetizing aftertastes or grit.—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026 Many artificial sweeteners are known for aftertastes or digestive side effects, and some have raised consumer health concerns.—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 17 Jan. 2026
The fever dream continued with Howard wailing on guitar and vocals, the production morphing into a beautiful stew of blues rock and given an exclamation point – and a standing ovation – with Copeland spinning out of the shadows.
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Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
His work can be gritty, like an act of discovery, as his camera pops in and out of shadows, through desolate, post-apocalyptic shops and office buildings.
When numerous low-altitude targets appear, radar systems detect them amid the clutter – unwanted echoes from terrain, sea surfaces, rain or buildings – before identifying and continuously tracking them, reported SCMP.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
And those echoes carry a familiar name.
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Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
Cosmofonia explores the inaudible sounds and voices, including infrasonic vibrations, seismic noises, codes between different species, and acoustic traces of ecological collapse and survival.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Mar. 2026
To find such traces, the team analyzed rock samples from remote parts of Western Australia and South Africa.
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Marissa Grunes,
Scientific American,
19 Mar. 2026
Good, bad or meh, any movie, painting, song that strikes you on some gut level, for whatever reason, drags behind it the ghosts of ourselves, the past, future and present.
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Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026