cotton
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The 2011 “Snake” dress, an oily, coiling swarm made of black polyvinyl, cotton and tulle, is a Hieronymus Bosch horror, everyone’s nightmare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
The testing method is simple: a patient breathes into a cotton mask for about 10 minutes, and the mask is then sealed in a bag and taken to the lab.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Because these tears smell like cotton after a rainstorm in rural Georgia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
About a dozen Pyka aircraft are already in Brazil where they are used to spray crops such as cotton and soybeans, work previously carried out by human pilots.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
At the bottom of the container, there was a small pile of cotton squares, some stiff and brown, others merely dappled.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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