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Meanwhile, the fashion industry is responsible for generating between 8-10% of global emissions, according to the United Nations, from growing cotton to using oil to create synthetic materials such as polyester.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2023

He is fond of saying his family went “from cotton to Congress in one lifetime.”

From New York Times • May 22, 2023

His grandfather left school after the third grade to pick cotton, and Scott frequently describes himself as an embodiment of the American dream by "going from cotton to Congress in one lifetime."

From Reuters • May 19, 2023

He encouraged the peasantry to grow cotton during the winter months, when they were not growing food crops, and sold the cotton to Britain.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

The flight engineer latched the door and handed out wads of cotton to stuff in our ears, and the behemoth chopper lumbered into the air with a head-splitting roar.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer