plastic
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At the hospital in Rwampara, one of the epicentres of a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a simple plastic strip marked off the isolation centre for patients, yet to be built.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Add in a few $15 glasses of house wine in plastic cups and two $36 High Roller tickets, and this package at the neon pink gambling palace Bugsy Siegel built is the real deal.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Kinshasa, an overcrowded city of more than 17 million people, churns out at least 10 tonnes of plastic waste every day, according to environmental experts.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Instead, she came back with plastic golf clubs - and changed the course of her son's life.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Every afternoon Sadako listened for the familiar slap-slap of her plastic slippers in the hall.
From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
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