Some are silky, some are spikey, and some — like the one worn by stately maidservant Hero, played by Emma Corrin — look like handkerchiefs delicately dropped from a great height onto the head of its wearer.
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Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
5 Dec. 2025
The tool features a base and lid designed with sharp, spikey teeth to effortlessly shred through pieces of chicken in seconds.
These corporations are enabling violence on the streets and death behind barbed wire.
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Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
Reams of barbed wire gathered from the fields around Penpont were fashioned into a mesh curtain whose ends wrapped around two columns at the top of the museum’s grand staircase; the result was both alluring and forbidding.
The dual-pronged approach clarifies exemptions for destruction and sets a standardized reporting format to reduce administrative burdens on companies while boosting transparency across all member states.
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Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
10 Feb. 2026
The Knicks used Alvarado in a variety of ways, most notably in spurts as a primary defender on Boston’s two-pronged scoring attack of All-Star starter Jaylen Brown and sixth man Payton Pritchard.
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Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
Here’s what to know before the potential shock of a spiked energy bill.
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Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Feb. 2026
The arrival of the ATM famously led to the employment of more bank tellers, just as the introduction of Excel swelled the ranks of accountants and Photoshop spiked demand for graphic designers.
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