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H&M has worked with a small secondhand store, Awoke Vintage, for its preloved section in SoHo, but some big retailers are sourcing the preloved pieces themselves or have customers hand them in—sometimes for store credit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
A section of Sunset Boulevard remained closed Sunday because of last week’s destructive water main break.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Isa's comments section filled with people bonding over similar experiences of living alone or having no friends, and finding comfort in "feeling seen".
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
It was the last chance to pack supplies before the route’s most arduous section, and the first oasis one saw on the way back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
All four of them landed with a thud in Row K of the orchestra section, which was, of course, occupied.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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H&M has set up about a dozen secondhand pop-ups in the past few years, adding preloved sections in Stockholm and Vienna in recent months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Hearn, a former Olympic canoeist, was charged last month after surveillance footage showed him stopping at the Reflecting Pool and touching sections of the blue liner that had begun peeling away.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
However, the US could target tunnel entrances, communications systems, access roads, and other supporting infrastructure, Mahmoudian adds, which "could paralyse the facility's operations even if some of its deepest underground sections survived".
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
They could instead have formed when sections of the ice shell melted locally.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Whether the music is classical, modern, jazz, or pop, listen for repeated sections of music.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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Valdo was sectioned four times between May 2020 and January 2022.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
The house was purchased for $1 from the developer, sectioned and transported on flatbed trucks to Altadena.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
If you want frozen garlic — already sectioned and ready-to-use — Trader Joe’s carries the Dorot brand of frozen crushed garlic cubes.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026
A small, makeshift rink sectioned off by barricades was stationed in the corner, and the glam bar was closed down by the second day of the event.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
He sectioned the orange and divided the plugs between them.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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The speech is expected to include a draft law which will reportedly aim to improve care for people with learning difficulties, and change rules on sectioning people.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2024
Compared to their previous microscope design with a fixed light sheet, the new system quadrupled the field of view and doubled the optical sectioning ability without compromising volumetric imaging speed.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024
“It is also equipped with manipulating arms which could be used to extricate the sub, such as by sectioning cables or things that would be blocking it at the bottom.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
Johnson began by teaching the kids some basic techniques, like parting and sectioning hair, and by introducing them to the tools of the trade.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023
Nicasia is there, sectioning an apple with a little knife.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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