plastic
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The group experiment with props including a wind machine and a foley door - a miniature door with a latch used for sound effects - as well as different materials such as plastic and leaves.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
Other parents have complained on social media about finding bits of blue plastic in Once Upon a Farm’s bars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
Another is located within the city itself, where plastic pollution is affecting the environment.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
Turkey has not endorsed the Global Methane Pledge and is still importing plastic waste, notably from Europe, which is closely linked to emissions.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
But sometimes, while playing house, Sam would have an urge to race around with the pretend dinner in its plastic dish, and bomb the animals instead of feeding them nicely.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
"We haven't found any evidence of plastics in the stomachs just yet but we have more to check and have evidence that nurdles have been found in regurgitated material," Turner said.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
They are buying massive amounts of chips, computers, electrical equipment, power turbines and all the construction materials need to build data centers, such as steel, concrete, advanced plastics and rare-earth metals.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
Dow Inc. DOW -1.01%decrease; down pointing triangle third-quarter net income rose sharply as cost cuts and higher plastics prices offset supply disruptions related to the Iran war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
“It’s a foundational study about the chemistry of plastics interacting with the most common chemical, water, and it’s important because it really does show that these things are capable of generating hydroxyl radicals,” Campen said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
He was an organic chemist, doing research on plastics and polymers.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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