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Almost all of them include whirlpool baths on their terraces; those that don’t instead have semi-private pools just a few steps from the bed.—
José Cantillo Ferrer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026 -
For a filling lunch or easy and light dinner, skip the chicken and instead top this farrow and snap pea salad with your favorite piece of fish like mahi mahi, tuna, or salmon.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2026
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Between weeks 10 and 14, retinoic acid (a Vitamin A derivative) first limits the initial production of blue cones, followed by thyroid hormones, which trigger any remaining blue cones to physically convert into red and green cones.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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Gateway is modified to first repair the old 1910 tunnel immediately and construct a more economical new tunnel (without expensive and unneeded bench walls and cross-connecting passageways) and link it directly into Penn Station.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2026
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“On the other hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/on%20the%20other%20hand. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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