dust
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Mothers wipe dust from photographs of their children.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
“If I get even a speck of dust on me outside, I have to come home and scrub my hands until they’re raw just to feel clean,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The laboratory dust contains complex combinations of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
Astronomers identify different types of cosmic dust by studying the infrared light they emit.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
Some were lying on the ground, rolling over and over, and kicking up the dust.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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
Their acidity complements the sweetness from the sugar and cinnamon that dusts the made-to-order piping hot fritter.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2022
With a repulsed look on her face, Amá dusts all of the statues.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
Previous work which has already looked at two of Wales' most notorious transport headaches is likely to be dusted down - voters are unlikely to tolerate a re-invention of the wheel and its accompanying expense.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Some dusted off old camping stoves and refilled oil canisters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Accordingly, the advocates of inflation-indexing of capital gains have dusted off a workaround that first surfaced in 1992, during the George H. W. Bush administration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
Each one was slightly imperfect, dusted generously with cinnamon.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
He made the entry and dusted the ink with sand.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
Granted, rebalancing is one of those periodic chores that’s easy to neglect, like dusting your refrigerator coils.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
Now 31, she’s dusting off the strategy to combat rising prices for drinks at concerts and raves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Platner is dusting Mills by lopsided margins in polling averages.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
Rainfall totals of half an inch to 1.5 inches are expected in the mountain and foothill regions, and there is a chance of a dusting of snow in areas above 6,000 feet elevation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Shining silver, rubbing water spots off fine glasses, and the endless dusting and wiping...Everything in Daffodil Manor had to gleam and shine like it hadn’t in years.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
