residue
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Her order contained hazelnut residue because the blender had not been washed after a Kinder Bueno milkshake was made in it beforehand, an inquest concluded on Thursday.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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
While Blake had a few particles of gunshot residue on his body, a defense expert said he would have had much more on his hands if he had been the triggerman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Suddenly I realized the potentially profound implications of a DNA structure in which the adenine residue formed hydrogen bonds similar to those found in crystals of pure adenine.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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Remarkably there were still residues visible to the naked eye.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
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
Its advanced chromatographic separation process is designed to recover critical minerals from several streams: mixed rare-earth carbonate, recycled magnets, mine tailings, industrial residues, zinc byproducts, electronic scrap and other secondary materials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Farmers nowadays find it difficult to obtain uncontaminated fodder for their milk cows, though the Food and Drug Administration forbids the presence of insecticide residues in milk shipped in interstate commerce.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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