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Yuvraj Yadav, who sells sandwiches in a Mumbai suburb, says he used to wrap them in discarded newspapers, despite concerns that chemicals in the printing ink can leach into food.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
It’s the day after Mizrahi’s Spring/Summer 1994 show, and the ink on the reviews is still wet.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Those letters are then locked into a frame called a chase, coated with ink and impressed on sheets of paper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
How about a new pledge or a fresh goal for the federal government’s red ink?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Mother has given me some ink and parchment paper.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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The new monochrome packages will go on sale in Japan May 25, Calbee said, blaming difficulties procuring raw materials such as naphtha, a petrochemical used in paints and inks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
The CEO of Blick Art Materials told Hyperallergic that the company had “purchased more inventory than normal for a few product lines to hedge against higher costs,” such as paints, inks, and utensils.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2025
The resulting flexible board withstood all sorts of electronics manufacturing processes, including cutting shapes into the boards with lasers, printing circuits on top of them with commercially used silver inks, and soldering components to them.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 24, 2024
To mix inks, for instance, Berkuta refers to the color recipes on his well-worn Pantone fan deck and then relies on his eye and experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2024
She stacked the books, changed the candles, put the quills and inks and sealing wax in order.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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Los Angeles-area Bookstagrammer Michelle Grondine, 40, is inked with five “Bunny”-inspired tattoos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Exxon’s chief rival, Chevron, earlier this month inked a deal to invest $7 billion in Venezuela over five years through its joint ventures there, aiming to double its output to 600,000 barrels a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
After going eight straight seasons without a 1,000-yard rusher—as long as any team in the NFL—the Chiefs inked Walker to a three-year contract worth over $43 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
In July, AMC and Netflix inked a new $500-million co-exclusive deal for the streaming rights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
When the paper was fully inked, I believed she was pleased.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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Díaz was the high-profile free agent the Dodgers signed to lock down the ninth inning for the next three seasons, inking him to a $69-million deal to do it, a record for relievers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Every tattooed person he interviewed in the 2000s for his research cited David Beckham as their inspiration; the footballer made a statement when he got his first inking in 1999.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
But Nebius Group has been making waves too, inking deals with Meta and Microsoft in recent months worth tens of billions of dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Canada had hoped to become a global EV production powerhouse, inking massive government-backed deals with leading automakers like Honda and Germany's Volkswagen -- but those ambitions are fraying.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
The old woman had been famous in the city for inking the most beautiful elilith.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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