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There, scores of yard signs depict the mayor wearing clown makeup à la the Joker.

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Coccolithophores often dominate vast stretches of the ocean, but climate change is altering the temperature, chemistry, and nutrient makeup of seawater.

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The beleaguered bride, in her dress, perspired through her makeup on a warm afternoon.

Internally, industry staffers have flagged their own fears about the toxic makeup of engine oils.

For six months, the actor spent more time in monster makeup than out of it, with muscled prosthetics layered onto his body and deep fissures painted onto his skin.

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