foam
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You can then progress to standing on a folded towel or foam pad.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Equipped with super glue and expanding foam, the mystery vigilante has defaced dozens of newly installed parking meters across North Berwick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Baidoo suggests a more supportive flip-flop, such as a FitFlop, which is sturdier and contoured - a world away from the flat and thin flip-flops that have been cut from a big sheet of foam.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
It also froths milk and makes cold foam, which opens up even more possibilities for a build-your-own drink bar.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
As periwinkles etched the beach with their purple trails, and sea foam blew off the waves and tumbled across the beach as if longing for a dog to come out and play.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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Electrolyzers require components in practical forms such as metal meshes and foams, so laboratory performance alone is not enough.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
The three movements include “an invocation to hands that weave”; “a meeting of foams, needles, songs, threats and pulsations”; and what Negrón calls “an archipelago of resonances and possibilities.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
One of the chemicals found by both the EA and the independent testing is PFOS, a substance banned in the UK due to potential carcinogenic risks, often used in firefighting foams.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
Gas-injected foams and paper-thin uppers make high-tech shoes lighter than ever before—and records are tumbling just as fast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Bile foams in my gut and my thoughts tumble every which way as I try to work out how I’m going to fit a dog into my already too-jam-packed life.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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The straw made from foamed CDA was a prototype to see if increasing the surface area would accelerate break down.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 30, 2024
Also banned are disposable cups and takeaway food containers made of expanded or foamed extruded polystyrene.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2023
Products like single-use packaging, plastic resins, foamed plastic insulation, bottles and containers, among many others, add to global greenhouse emissions.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 1, 2022
It foamed and raged and swept citizens along in its wake, but Nora alone was strong enough to outjump it.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2021
Suddenly, he was hurling a barrage of rocks into the water, one after the other, harder and harder, until the water roiled and foamed beneath the rain of rocks.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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Built-in sinks allow shoppers to test face washes that come in creamy, gooey and foaming textures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Initial findings from the investigation into the blaze suggest that it was caused by sparklers igniting soundproof foaming that lined the ceiling.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026
They frequently contain colors, flavor enhancers, sweeteners, thickeners, foaming agents and emulsifiers, and typically cannot be produced in the home.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
Hernandez told police she found her baby foaming at the mouth and having an apparent seizure after emerging from her procedure at Always Beautiful Medical Spa, according to the police report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2025
Then the black form dropped into the foaming waters.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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