dusting
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Chipper Jones stopped by and said, “You dusting off that chair for next year, Dusty?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
As external accounts face mounting pressure amid the prolonged Middle East conflict, India’s dusting off a playbook used before to arrest non-essential demand, Barclays economists say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
A light dusting of snow fell on the area on Monday, signalling the upcoming start of the ski season.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
Platner is dusting Mills by lopsided margins in polling averages.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
She had big arms and a solid torso, light brown skin, and a dusting of powdery blush on her cheeks.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
The Met Office says that snowy showers "could turn quite heavy", with some areas seeing light dustings of snow as temperatures plunge.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2024
Martian frost has been observed since NASA’s 1970s Viking missions, but these light dustings of morning frost were thought to occur in certain locations under specific conditions.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
MERIBEL, France — Besides some minor dustings, it hasn’t snowed significantly in the French resorts hosting the skiing world championships since mid-January.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 10, 2023
This doesn’t include dustings or ice events; we are likely to have some of those, too.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2021
Examples of the destruction of fish by agricultural crop sprayings and dustings are everywhere to be found.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
