cotton
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Dressed in thin, worn cotton clothes, Chandra says Delhi's summers have become harder to bear with each passing year.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
A few scenes later, a pelican switches on a cotton candy machine with its bill, sending hot sugar whirring through the air — seriously — and I nearly applauded in delight.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
The exposition popularized a host of snack foods that would become staples of American life, including ice-cream cones, peanut butter, hot dogs, hamburgers and cotton candy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
At the same time the price of polyester has been rising, demand and prices for cotton have also ticked up, as manufacturers shift to natural fibers.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
Like, yesterday at work when a jumbo-sized Pepsi spilled all over her T-shirt, she refused my spare shirt because it was a cotton-poly blend instead of something called OEKO-TEX certified organic cotton.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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