dust
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But like her tabletop sport of choice, the true skill is knowing how to dust yourself off, rally and win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
An AFP correspondent in Ansar saw a destroyed building as rescuers working to remove human remains from the rubble, and a swimming pool clouded and grey from dust and debris.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Thus, we’ve had microhistories of coal, sugar, rain, dust, cotton, butter, notebooks, eating utensils and bookmaking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
But other features in the object's light did not fit what scientists would normally expect from dust.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Abby was already asking for something to drink and his own mouth felt dry as dust.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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
But unlike most, the 27-year-old mum-of-three is watched by thousands online as she scrubs, dusts and declutters her home, as part of a popular social media trend known as a "reset".
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2025
Noriega dusts himself off, then helps Hiraoka to his feet for a polite handshake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2022
Malik dusts cat hair off of his high-top fade.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
Previous work which has already looked at two of Wales' most notorious transport headaches is likely to be dusted down - voters are unlikely to tolerate a re-invention of the wheel and its accompanying expense.
From BBC ● May 29, 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
Alyx had a soft, heart-shaped face, her eyelids and cheeks dusted with light makeup.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Use only a light dusting of flour, cut with a sharp knife and handle the dough as little as possible.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Granted, rebalancing is one of those periodic chores that’s easy to neglect, like dusting your refrigerator coils.
From Barron's ● May 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
Platner is dusting Mills by lopsided margins in polling averages.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
As we’re dusting off our clothes, I notice a small depression past the orange barriers, at the fence line.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
