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Excrement especially from cattle, as well as fertilisers washed off fields, are real problems for watercourses.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
"Told me I need to get on the glass, offensive glass especially, and just use my ability, size, strength, athleticism, to make an impact on the offensive glass," Anunoby said.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
“It’s trapped millions of Americans, especially young men, in life-changing debt and financial distress.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
According to this idea, these materials were especially important during the earliest stages of life's development, helping generate the first biologically relevant molecules from nonliving substances.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
Mr. Dannenberg said that the circumstances of his son’s death were especially painful to him because he was a boy who hated tight spaces and who died in the trenches.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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