dust
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The exercising troops sent into battle heavy armored vehicles that threw up dust, making them easy for Ukrainian reconnaissance drones to spot, according to the participant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The gas and dust now forming the nebula have been evolving for several thousand years.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
The affected workers identified in the study reported 16 to 25 years of silica dust exposure while on the job.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
To their surprise, this suggested that it is not dust making this object appear red -- it is hydrogen gas.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
I choked and coughed as the dust went into my lungs.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
As Fennell trots along Brontë’s tentpoles, she dusts the narrative between these plot points with sensational set pieces and eye-popping costumes.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2026
Under the blazing Mexican sun, Maria Couoh dusts off the skull of her late uncle Tomas.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025
A stray cat she encounters on the road reminds her of herself, both of them having "weathered the wind and rain for years but still managing to love this world that dusts our faces".
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2025
Newspapers are stuffed into cracks in their walls, and snow dusts their meager furniture.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2022
Benny dusts himself off, and asks, “You gonna play with us? You can be on my team.”
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
They are dusted with pollen, which they then carry to the next flower which deceives them.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Two years ago, EGA dusted off its American expansion plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
Accordingly, the advocates of inflation-indexing of capital gains have dusted off a workaround that first surfaced in 1992, during the George H. W. Bush administration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
"I've already dusted off the shelf for it," he told AFP in January, referring to the golden statuette that he ended up taking.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
Then Mama and I cooked six tuna casseroles six different ways, and we baked four chocolate cakes and dusted them with confectioners’ sugar.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
In fact, it is backfiring, dusting the world in optimistic, spring-flower pink schadenfreude.
From Salon ● May 16, 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
Now 31, she’s dusting off the strategy to combat rising prices for drinks at concerts and raves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Platner is dusting Mills by lopsided margins in polling averages.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
The sofa is torn and the lamps badly need dusting, but there’s a familiar warmth, too.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
