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Some were intact and she was surprised to see they still contained a viscous, glossy residue.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

As the bark burned, tar vapors condensed against the cooler surface, leaving behind a sticky residue that could be collected.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

A mother with black residue from the smoke on her hands stood crying outside the hospital as she held her 10-day-old baby in her arms.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

The new space cannot fully replicate the experience of visiting the cavernous undercroft when it was still raw and unfinished, with bottom-level soil so peaty that residue clung to one’s shoes for days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

The smirk I’d been expecting earlier slid across his face, but underneath it I thought there was a residue of the weird, wounded softness I’d seen in the mirror before.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

The residues of that history are not confined to old paint.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

But the petroleum products are masked in manifests — labeled waste material, lubricants, residues and other items not subject to the high taxes that Mexico levies on imported fuel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Analysis conducted after the reaction found that more than 75% of the carbon originally present in the plastic ended up in stable carbonate compounds or liquid organic residues.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

The dining table and the bathroom preserved traces of explosives that matched residues found at the blast sites, according to German court documents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

In Florida, fish from ponds in a treated area were found to contain residues of heptachlor and a derived chemical, heptachlor epoxide.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson