textile
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Crews were also called to a blaze there in July 2025 and there was a major fire that destroyed a significant part of the former textile mill in 2022.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
In one demonstration, the team created a multistable knitted shell that switches an LED on and off as the textile moves between its stable states.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
But it still benefits from China's unique combination of a huge low-cost textile manufacturing sector and a highly sophisticated e-commerce logistics network.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
And the money was on par with the jobs she had held at the various textile plants that once dominated this rural stretch of South Carolina.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
A bearded textile worker in a tumbledown Dodge leaves her at Felicia’s door.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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Inside her bedroom, the rich red complements a wooden-and-woven bed frame found on Facebook Marketplace and textiles she’s collected from trips to Guatemala and Morocco.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
In the future, the researchers envision textiles that could quietly track body movement, deliver tactile feedback, or change their physical shape when needed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
With operations spanning petrochemicals, textiles and shipbuilding, it employs more than 300,000 people and records revenue north of $100 billion a year—more than Tesla or Boeing—according to the company’s website.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
They sold gold, ivory and ultimately enslaved Africans, often those captured in local conflicts, in exchange for the manufactured goods brought mainly by the British and Dutch, including textiles, alcohol and guns.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The Philippines is rich with magical legends and folktales, but it’s rich with resources too—sugar, timber, gold, tobacco, and hemp, which can be used for paper, rope, and textiles.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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