shelf
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May you outlast the shelf life of a carton of milk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
The disease can also lower crop yields and shorten shelf life, making it a costly challenge for mushroom farms across the United States.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
We now have one shelf of albums featuring the best photos and are eager to take these to our new home and show our kids and grandkids.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
In the film, Cruise, his face covered in prosthetics, portrays Digger Rockwell, a bombastic Texan oil baron, who causes a global climate meltdown when his company’s activities shakes loose an ice shelf in Greenland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
She opened the refrigerator, a gallery of fruits and vegetables and cheeses and yogurts, with a whole shelf full of drinks.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Novartis shelves a study for Fabhalta in patients with a serious kidney-disease complication, adding to a growing list of clinical setbacks.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Getting a toy onto the shelves in the US requires both a lot of work and a long journey.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Mandel’s two subsequent books, “The Glass Hotel” released in 2020 and “Sea of Tranquility” which hit bookshop shelves in 2022, were both featured on former President Obama’s “Favorite Books of the Year” list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Walmart’s supply chain feeds 5,200 U.S. stores that sell everything from groceries to clothing to tires, both off the shelves and online.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
I follow Brie and Teddy to an empty classroom, which has nothing but folding chairs leaning against the walls and percussion instruments on shelves.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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