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"Induction electric stoves seem to be finally making serious inroads in the American market after many years of slow uptake, as people cotton on to the danger of gas and the nifty properties of induction. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 14 Sep. 2021",
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"But low-lying parishes such as Orleans, which is coterminous with New Orleans city, also prepare to shelter those who can\u2019t afford hotels, don\u2019t have cars, or have disabilities that makes evacuation more precarious. \u2014 Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic , 25 Aug. 2020",
"Until the end of the 19th century, Kings County, the county coterminous with Brooklyn, was the second-largest provider of produce in the country, according to the BHS. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 July 2020",
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"The miserable-looking cotillion involves spats among contestants when Rachel and Suzan argue who gets to wear a silver sparkly dress, and Calah and Sara Rose feud over an issue that is never actually explained. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021",
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"The heroine\u2019s mother, Eunice ( Erica Gimpel ), presides over a Harlem finishing school that prepares proper little girls for cotillion . \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2020",
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"The heroine\u2019s mother, Eunice ( Erica Gimpel ), presides over a Harlem finishing school that prepares proper little girls for cotillion . \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2020",
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"But fireworks shows seen through cotton wool are another fine old New Year\u2019s tradition in the Port City, and the celebration greeting 2022 was a far cry from the silence at the dawn of 2021. \u2014 al , 1 Jan. 2022",
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"Take your cotton balls (or any kind of cotton wool , really) and soak it in acetone. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Marie Claire , 22 Sep. 2021",
"One teenager left New York for college and encountered the children of the Midwest, most of whom looked to have been wrapped in cotton wool their entire lives. \u2014 Craig Taylor, Time , 24 Mar. 2021",
"Balls of cotton wool were teased into fluffy piles\u2014a fire hazard, given their flammability and the hot studio lights. \u2014 The Economist , 12 Dec. 2019",
"The player that all Arsenal fans will want to wrap up in cotton wool ahead of their return to Premier League action against Sheffield United. \u2014 SI.com , 16 Oct. 2019",
"Girls in low-middle-income countries report using materials like cloths, cotton wool , tissue paper or disposable pads to manage their periods, the study said. \u2014 Nina Avramova, CNN , 16 July 2019",
"On a twin bed covered by a thin clear plastic sheet, sat a bag with surgical gloves, a jar of petroleum jelly, cotton wool , some pain killers and the needle, attached to a long, thin tube, which is used to drain the fluid into a bucket on the floor. \u2014 Alex Platt, CNN , 24 May 2018"
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"Currently, only cottontail rabbits can make it through the barrier\u2019s four-inch-wide bollards. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"An array of plants and animals \u2014 including white-tailed deer, cottontail rabbits, jackrabbits, and birds such as flycatchers, olive sparrows, and two types of tropical kingfishers \u2014 call the area home. \u2014 Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure , 7 Feb. 2022",
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"Unlike squirrels found in Alaska, fox squirrels are big, almost as much meat as a cottontail rabbit, and delicious on the table. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Nov. 2020",
"To date, six counties, including San Diego, have detected the disease in wild cottontail rabbits and/or jackrabbits. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 May 2021",
"Each cocoa cottontail is hand-made and can require up to two business days, so hop to it and secure one for your tablescape. \u2014 Joanna O'leary, Chron , 29 Mar. 2021"
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"Mahomes and Matthews celebrated their daughter's first birthday with an elaborate party, which included a pink ball pit, cotton candy station and bounce house. \u2014 Jacklyn Krol, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
"Strong winds were responsible for more than just knocking a few sticks of cotton candy from the hands of seemingly inconsolable children. \u2014 Jonathan Bullington, The Courier-Journal , 1 May 2022",
"Styled into a high ponytail, her hair is two-toned in shades of pastel pink and blue, not dissimilar to that of cotton candy . \u2014 Addison Aloian, Allure , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The process results in a sense of peace and a loaf that\u2019s almost pancake-sweet, with a feathery texture like cotton candy , as Cho described her ideal milk bread. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"But when the Fairpark isn\u2019t filled with happy fairgoers nibbling on cotton candy and fried Oreos, the site can feel lonely, even inhospitable. \u2014 Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 June 2022",
"This wine takes on a very creamy, rounded taste, with an aroma of dry spice/perfume preceding notes of cotton candy and strawberry on the palate. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 10 Apr. 2022",
"The carnival featured cotton candy , popcorn, crafts and games and was held on the top floor of a parking garage on campus. \u2014 Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News , 12 May 2022",
"For children there will be giant inflatables, free lemonade and cotton candy , face painting and sidewalk chalk beginning at 10 a.m. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 5 May 2022"
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"People who worked as political signature gatherers created a cottage industry during the pandemic: pop-up coronavirus test sites. \u2014 Dominic Fracassa, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 May 2022",
"That butt augmentation and liposuction surgery are more accessible and less costly than ever makes recovery homes a thriving cottage industry among these women. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"With just more than a week to go before the 2022 NFL draft, the mock draft cottage industry has already been hard at work projecting which top college prospects will get taken in the first round. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Flanary, 36, has about 2.5 million subscribers across TikTok, YouTube, and Twitter, where his pointed satire of medicine\u2019s many absurdities has ballooned into a cast of characters and a cottage industry . \u2014 Damian Garde, STAT , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Unlike for others in the rental cottage industry , the expectations for Morimoto are minimal. \u2014 Michelle Ye Hee Lee And Julia Mio Inuma, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Unlike for others in the rental cottage industry , the expectations for Morimoto are minimal. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Mar. 2022",
"As a result, there\u2019s a diminishing need for a cottage industry that provides filmgoers a middle ground between paying full price for early weekends and waiting months to watch a film in the living room, exhibitors say. \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"The burner tubes on most gas grills are removable, too; look for a single screw or cotter pin on one end of each tube. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Popular Mechanics , 23 Apr. 2021",
"Someone stole a Bluetooth speaker, a foot brake pedal cotter pin and cut electrical wiring from a parked motorcycle in the 100 block of South Marion Street between 9 a.m. May 27 and 1 p.m. May 29. \u2014 Pioneer Press Staff, chicagotribune.com , 3 June 2019",
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