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Recent Examples of blacklandUnder the massive transmission lines near White Rock Lake’s southern edge — where Oncor clear-cut a lush 3-acre stretch of the Old Fish Hatchery nature area — historic blackland prairie blossoms are taking hold.—Dallas News,
12 Aug. 2022 Hope was part of a blackland prairie known as the Prairie De Roan.—
Rex Nelson,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2021
The Diocletian Ritual, comprising a salt scrub, cleansing mud wrap, and massage, is both invigorating and restorative.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Oct. 2026
The 1983 movie, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, portrays the fight as gritty and grounded, taking place during a rainstorm where mud flies as fast as fists.
While dating the large paintings is difficult, the researchers found that a number of images of Rainbow Serpents were rendered on top of older paintings in white pipe clay (kaolin).
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Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
1 Sep. 2026
It’s also made with kaolin clay, which will absorb excess oil to help prevent future breakouts.
Brands must also account for products with defects such as stains, mold and incorrect labels—issues that need to be remediated or repaired before the product reaches the consumer.
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Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2026
Students came together as a community to ask Cook County School District 130 Superintendent and the board of education to take immediate action to eradicate cockroaches, mold, mice and maggots from their schools.
In Richard’s hands, Creole culture is rooted and migrant, soil and air.
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Stephen Kearse,
Pitchfork,
9 Oct. 2026
The footpad cannot extract energy from chemically inert surfaces such as plastic, glass, soil, or organic tissue, prompting the team to add a small onboard supercapacitor to buffer power across dead zones.
Outside, Casa Marina’s 1,100 feet of private beach, lined with loungers and framed by two piers, is the most coveted slice of sand on the island—a true beach scene in a town where rocky shores are the norm.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Oct. 2026
On Monday, workers hauled out a 200-pound piece of equipment that was ruined by the saltwater and sand carried in on the high tides.
As feminists fought patriarchy’s attempt to render women vulnerable socially and leave us dependent on men for money and more, the all-too-human inevitability of vulnerability and dependence got lost in the muck.
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Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
18 Sep. 2026
The film could have only benefited from narrowing its scope away from all the government muck, an attempt to flesh out a mythology for its villains that are scarier simply as faceless, mysterious weapons of mass destruction.