surfaces
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It showed instruments and carrier bags discarded on work surfaces and even sinks, while desks were littered with paperwork.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Algal spores may have turned the water green in places across Northern Ireland, but strong winds and heavy rain have kept surfaces too agitated for the formation of the very large-scale mats we've seen before.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
A selection of ceramic test tiles show how they develop organic “accretions” on the surfaces of the vessels on view here, by building up clay slip through countless coats of uneven applications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Brain cells continually pull material from the fluid around them, including nutrients, signaling molecules, and fragments of their own outer surfaces.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
The whole statue had acquired around its northerly surfaces a bluish-green patina, so that from certain approaches, and in low light, the muscle-bound Triton really seemed a hundred leagues under the sea.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
