And while space debris and meteoroids of comparable mass burn up in our atmosphere almost every day, this piece of manufactured orbital detritus is unique.
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Eric Mack,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
But if there isn’t enough kelp detritus to go around, urchins can start feeding on the living kelp itself.
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
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The crowd was filled with men and women whose daily jobs leave them with dirt under their nails and pride in their chests because of their impact on everyone’s lives.
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Salena Zito,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
Alcaraz improved to 21-1 on clay this year, winning titles on the dirt in Rome — beating Sinner in the final after the Italian returned from his doping ban — and Monte Carlo.
And those planets had access to plenty of fresh water—water that had several routes to reach them, from comet and asteroid impacts to icy dust being imprisoned within the planets as they were being built.
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Robin George Andrews,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 May 2025
Thunderstorms could affect Arizona late Sunday and into Monday, and some gusty winds could contribute to blowing dust.
The rubble of shattered wooden buildings could be seen on the flanks of the huge mass of earth in the drone footage.
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Reuters,
CNN Money,
29 May 2025
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