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The areas most at risk are southern England and Wales, where heavy rain falling on dry and hard ground may bring the risk of localised flooding.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Elsewhere in Italy that means meatloaf; in cost-conscious Genoa, it means a combination of boiled green beans and potatoes, ground down and combined with cheese, eggs and fresh herbs, and then baked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Homeless services providers working with the city on the program said part of the challenge has been getting a completely new program off the ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Even pottery that enters the ground whole often cracks over the centuries as soil pressure, farming, construction, and other disturbances shift the earth around it.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
There we joined the occupants of other barracks—some 35,000 at that time—stretching out of sight in the pale glow of the street lamps, feet growing numb on the cold cinder ground.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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"This investigation will seek to establish whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that TikTok has failed, or is failing, to comply with its legal obligations," Ofcom said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
At Christmas, snow machines cover the grounds while lights are strung through the trees and holiday music plays all day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
In the heavily forested state, where large areas served as training grounds in the former East Germany, nearly 20% of the land is suspected to harbor old munitions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Two boys were from Jehovah's Witness families who opposed blood transfusions on religious grounds.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The other eleven kids started looking around the motel grounds, searching for a brightly painted tree stump.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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