Throwing that detritus away is the third-most expensive component of sweeping.
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Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
14 July 2025
The swollen river has receded, leaving behind heartbreaking signs of the devastation: little girls’ suitcases and clothes strewn along the wrecked cabin grounds and plush toys caked with detritus, twisted metal and gnarled vehicles.
While the ’60s was known for its backcombed bouffants and brushed back bobs, about midway through the decade, Brigitte Bardot brought pigtails into the beauty zeitgeist.
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Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
11 Dec. 2024
Member Benefit December 5, 2024 What happens when two powerhouses—and two bobs—come together and join forces to edit the fashion bible?
Many swimmers are using the pool to wash their feet or their sandals, clogging the water with dirt and sand.
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Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
24 July 2025
Mussolini tore down the housing and filled some of the tunnels with dirt to stabilize the hill above as part of his grand revitalization plan to modernize the Italian capital.
By 2030, 25 percent of the global workforce will be fully digital, meaning one in four jobs can soon be done from anywhere on earth, the World Economic Forum recently reported.
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Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
28 July 2025
With this new creation, Liu turns our gaze back to earth, exploring the existential solitude and quiet observation of these aging machines as metaphors for diasporic longing, technological obsolescence and the search for connection and purpose.
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