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Add orange-rimmed eyes with jet-black pupils set against white cheeks, a dashing black under-eye line and a radiant round orange bill hinge, and the puffin looks like something invented by a talented circus makeup artist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
But consider what the public health communicators are up against.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
Plaid is in a minority in the Senedd and the party is vulnerable to defeats if the opposition votes against it.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Nearly six months after the United States and Israel went to war against Iran, traffic through the Hormuz strait remains largely paralysed, disrupting global oil markets.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
She props Ah Choo against the pillows and studies her new bed.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
