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Bedrooms Window sills, baseboards, ceiling fan blades, and all surfaces of the bedroom should be dusted.
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2024
Behind her, two Loewe perfumes are perched on the window sill.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
Black eucalyptus adds an elevated twist to Halloween decor, whether used as a table centerpiece or resting on a window sill in your favorite vase.
—Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2024
In a study published last month in Science Advances, the researchers found that the instability wouldn’t occur even when Thwaites retreated past its grounding zone on the bedrock sill.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 19 Sep. 2024
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2024
Behind her, two Loewe perfumes are perched on the window sill.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
Black eucalyptus adds an elevated twist to Halloween decor, whether used as a table centerpiece or resting on a window sill in your favorite vase.
—Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2024
In a study published last month in Science Advances, the researchers found that the instability wouldn’t occur even when Thwaites retreated past its grounding zone on the bedrock sill.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 19 Sep. 2024
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The home still boasts its original flooring, grand staircase, plaster beams and florets, to name a few.Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 7 Nov. 2024
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Significant damage was found on at least three beams and a portion of the bridge deck on the southbound side.Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2024
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Photo: Houlihan Lawrence Inc. The floor-to-ceiling windows in this listing photo of the living room open up into the woods.Clio Chang, Curbed, 8 Nov. 2024
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The neighbor also later heard yelling coming from nearby woods.Antonio Planas, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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This helps reduce any extra motion in your foot, almost the way an ankle brace might stabilize the joint.Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 21 Nov. 2024
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This red California county roiled by a far-right-insurgency braces for more trouble as election nears.Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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Deep water surrounded much of the area, so someone had placed sheets of wood on top of a chain link fence and balanced both on blocks of plastic foam, creating a makeshift barge that could pull piles of debris from shore to shore. Skid loaders crisscrossed the nearby sand.Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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The zoo shared a video of the baby calf sniffing for food in a pile of glass across its social media accounts to celebrate her birth.Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Your child's healthcare provider or a physical therapist can provide information about splints or braces.Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 5 Sep. 2024
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According to Saga, the actor is still wearing a neck brace and keeping his right hand in a splint.Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2024
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But she’s been more inspired by modern tales like Brave, Moana, Encanto and of course Frozen, where the female protagonists have more at stake than just finding love.Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 22 Nov. 2024
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Oz also had smaller stakes in CVS Health, which now includes the insurer Aetna, and in the insurer Cigna.Darius Tahir, NPR, 22 Nov. 2024
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Schneider allegedly was unaware of the pivotal scene in which Brando’s character anally rapes her character using a stick of butter as a lubricant.Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
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The cordless design is streamlined and shaped like a stick vacuum but with no bulky canister to contend with.Shea Simmons, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Fox later promoted the post on his social media pages.Rachel Royster, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Slater was largely missing from Grande’s touching tribute post.Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Sill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sill. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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