plastic
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He’s since rolled out plastic sheeting across the floors in an effort to stave off any additional destruction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
The dispute echoes a growing pattern in consensus-based global negotiations, where oil-producing countries are accused of frustrating efforts to tackle fossil fuels, plastic trash and other environmental harm.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
During a recent interview with the financial influencer Haley Sacks, who is known as Mrs. Dow Jones, the plastic surgeon Ryan Neinstein said he prescribes them to patients.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
When shoppers go online to check a balance, their search takes them to a bogus page, rather than the web address provided with the plastic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Mom had little plastic pots of herbs growing in the sunny kitchen window, and now that it was getting warm, it was time to put them in the garden in the backyard.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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
These materials contain chemical bonds that certain microorganisms can potentially break down, unlike the more resistant structures found in many conventional plastics.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
She wore clothes made out of plastics, mismatched socks, Day-Glo, and braces.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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