plastic
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Her performance is a cross between an AA meeting and The Exorcist, as dancers in plastic chairs twitch and shake to the song's ever-changing tempo.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Families rent crab pots and put their catch in plastic buckets held by delighted children.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
In March, prices for polyethylene, the most commonly used plastic globally, rose to their highest point in nearly four years.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Researchers at the University of Missouri are developing a new way to remove tiny plastic pollutants from water using specially engineered algae.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
He took out a waterproof plastic bag with paper towels in it, wiped the sat phone down as best as he could, then put it in the plastic bag.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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