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dust

[duhst] / dʌst /


VERB
sprinkle tiny particles
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Once the dust settles from these market selloffs, gold and silver prices often rebound quickly due to bargain buying, Samuelson said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

Instead, he entered a management-training program at Inland Steel and moved to East Chicago, Ind., where coke dust from a nearby steel mill drifted into the family home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

"My eyes have started to sting because of the dust from the burned debris flying around in the smoke," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Black lung, that scourge of coal miners, had been identified in the mid-19th century but its cause, the inhalation of coal dust, did not come under federal oversight until 1969.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

He turned the tube over his head and let the fairy dust fall over his hair.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Snow sometimes dusts the surrounding slopes, melting by afternoon into damp earth as manzanita and mountain lilac begin to flower.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

Under the blazing Mexican sun, Maria Couoh dusts off the skull of her late uncle Tomas.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025

But unlike most, the 27-year-old mum-of-three is watched by thousands online as she scrubs, dusts and declutters her home, as part of a popular social media trend known as a "reset".

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2025

She feels the same, she said, when she dusts the Galleria’s so-called prisoners or slaves, four figures Michelangelo designed for the mausoleum of Pope Julius II but left unfinished.

From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2022

After the cotton is set, Captain Keelson crawls out from under the boat and dusts himself off.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

Think a disinterred Ross Perot, hastily dusted off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

"Avengers: Endgame" dusted competitors in the North American weekend box office, as the 2019 super hero film was re-released in a bid to drum up support for the franchise.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Because once the World Cup is done and dusted, the Nations League kicks-off in the autumn, with Portugal's first fixture after north America a home game with Wales.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

Two years ago, EGA dusted off its American expansion plans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

She is a pale, round moth, dusted with eggshell foundation, armed for the day with her banker’s briefcase, purse and remote starter for the leased SUV.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson

The robots carried out some tasks — such as mopping, vacuuming, wiping and dusting — with surprising skill.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The US National Agricultural Aviation Association, which represents crop dusting pilots, says small uncrewed aircraft can be hard for its aviators to see.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Chipper Jones stopped by and said, “You dusting off that chair for next year, Dusty?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

In fact, it is backfiring, dusting the world in optimistic, spring-flower pink schadenfreude.

From Salon ● May 16, 2026

I's the one what set him to dusting.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon


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