plastic
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The comment was made in response to a snarky Instagram user who accused Holly of undergoing plastic surgery, claiming that her “surgeon did an amazing job.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
I clearly remember seeing the movie when I was young and being very disturbed by the scene when the government arrives and drapes the family’s house in plastic sheets and tubing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
One of the others is the Brick, that little piece of plastic that has exactly one job—to make my phone stop working in distracting ways—and executes it to perfection.
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026
Others have said that plastic flowers are a cheaper alternative that lasts longer, as rabbits and other animals do not eat them.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
So he’d taken the bus to the station and sat in a hard plastic chair for five long hours until it was the time he was meant to get back to his aunt’s.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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