plastic
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A cup, for example, can be made from glass, plastic, metal, or other substances.
From Science Daily • Jun. 24, 2026
Last July, a North Korean civilian tied plastic foam to his body for buoyancy and swam down the Korean Peninsula’s west coast.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
On one side of the vacuum, there is a Fortnum and Mason musical advent calendar - similar to the one listed in the schedules of the indictment - and a wooden hamper wrapped in plastic.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026
Attorneys general in seventeen states are suing California over its landmark single-use plastic law, which went into effect on June 1.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
“My mom was a body double for Taylor Swift. I won a drawing contest in third grade. I once ate a plastic SpongeBob SquarePants.”
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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