plastic
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To better understand how much plastic these sponges release, researchers Yu Su, Baoshan Xing, Rong Ji, and their colleagues tested several products from three well-known brands.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
The Met Police said a man was seen on Friday night approaching a row of shops with a plastic bag containing what was later found to be three bottles containing fluid.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
By luck, the mattresses were new, and still wrapped in plastic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
The sky was the color of cotton candy, but the stale kind that’s been hardening in a plastic bag for days after the fair.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
I fill a plastic cup with water and wet a washcloth.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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