dust
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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
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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
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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
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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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