straw
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Also offered: a straw maze, pumpkin decorating, a petting zoo, giant rocking horses, slides and more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Kao had also given Navatek money to various relatives to donate to Collins in 2019, sending her around $33,000 through these illegal straw donors, the indictment said.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
"The price of diesel was just the last straw," he said, after other key concerns including catch limits on bluefin tuna and new regulations for fishing eels.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
River levels in Germany dropped to record lows, and England’s green fields turned straw yellow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
What would the king do to Opal and her family if she didn’t spin the straw into gold?
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Should we draw straws to see who gets it?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
He has to constantly hydrate, so he places big cups of water on both sides of the stage with straws, but sometimes the crew and other actors help him pick up the cup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
“We’re grabbing for straws, trying to develop something,” an officer told the New York Times within 24 hours of the bombing.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
The company that owns the vending machine, iJooz, says it replaced all 500 straws in the machine's dispenser after the alleged incident.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
He was wiggling all over and snapping at the broom straws.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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