Directing disaster tourists to one spot Last September, local officials assumed the mud and debris in Marshall would be enough to keep tourists away.
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Lila Hempel-Edgers
July 22,
Charlotte Observer,
22 July 2025
Astronomer’s company name has been dragged through the mud, though the vast majority of people sharing the image of Bryon and Cabot probably could not even describe what the company does.
The victory continues England’s success at major international tournaments, with this marking the team’s third final in a row; the Lionesses won the Women’s Euros on home soil in 2022 and lost to Spain in the World Cup final in 2023.
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Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
23 July 2025
The book deftly expresses both grief for all of the violence perpetrated on American soil and a profound love for all of the beings that inhabit this continent.
—
The Atlantic Culture Desk,
The Atlantic,
23 July 2025
Dredging would have removed about four to five feet of muck and other material from the floor of the lake, increasing its depth to 12 feet in some places.
—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
20 July 2025
And years of exposure to heat, chemicals, and environmental muck can also strip away some of your hair’s natural gloss, leaving it looking duller, Dr. Lo Sicco notes.
As seas became shallower, sand and dirt covered corals.
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Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
27 July 2025
Minimize exposure between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Be aware: white sand and similar surfaces reflect UV rays and increase exposure.
11+: Extreme (extreme risk of harm)
Try to avoid sun exposure from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Reapply SPF 30+ sunscreen every 2 hours.
Every wreck, every ruin is the relic of a shriveled dream, lasting long after the body of its dreamer has been received back into the earth with love or remorse or indifference.
—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
10 July 2025
While leadership teams pause, the earth beneath them is already shifting.
The creamy formula is enriched with a slew of conditioning skin-care staples like moisturizing jojoba seed oil and sebum-balancing kaolin clay.
—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
12 July 2025
Unlike traditional slow cookers or casserole dishes made from metal or glazed stoneware, the Claypot Oven uses untreated, mineral-rich kaolin clay as its base.
Many of us can’t wait to get into our gardens, turn over that fine Illinois loam and plant.
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Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
19 May 2025
Those interactions spring from the rich loam of history and lore that gives the sport its halcyon glow, and from which even a humble amateur game absorbs vicarious grandeur.
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