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foxholes

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plural of foxhole

as in bunkers

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Placement From circular to square to rectangular, gas fire pits come in several shapes.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
Weather changes, tires degrade, a safety car appears, a driver reports instability or an opponent pits earlier than expected, and the team has seconds to decide whether to stay with the plan or change it.

— Erum Manzoor, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

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Removing mines from the waterway would be done solely by Iran, Gharibabadi said at the time.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, the museum offers a patriotic lens into how the canals, highways, railroads and mines that stitched this country together were built by machines born in American factories.

— Malika Bowling, USA Today, 3 July 2026

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Many are living in temporary shelters or outdoors after 190 buildings collapsed and 856 others were damaged, according to Venezuelan officials, in the back-to-back earthquakes on June 24 that killed 3,685 people.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Many are living in temporary shelters or outdoors after 190 buildings collapsed and 856 others were damaged, according to Venezuelan officials, in the back-to-back earthquakes June 24 that killed 3,685 people.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

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Disinfecting live wells and bilges with a bleach solution (one-half cup bleach to 5 gallons of water).

— Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 3 July 2026
The new measure applies only to those using the public drinking water system for certain uses, and wouldn’t apply to people using private wells, canal water or an irrigation provider, city spokesperson Abby Haydin said.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2026

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