cotton
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Wearing loose-fitting clothes made of natural fibres like cotton or linen can keep you cooler than sleeping naked.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
After taking a job at the Conference Board, a business research organization, he rummaged through libraries to unearth measures of railcar freight loading and trends in short staple cotton prices since the Civil War.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
Many economically important crops, including wheat, cotton, and sugarcane, are polyploids with similarly complex evolutionary histories.
From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2026
The food and drink offerings lean playful and nostalgic, with cotton candy, popcorn, loaded milkshakes, cocktails, mocktails and plenty of other treats to keep the fun going between games.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
But Jonah took care of it for days after we let the other butterflies free, feeding it watermelon slices and sugar water on cotton balls so its short life would be happy.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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