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Dirt, by nature, attracts water — so if you have any patches of dirt or grime around the high-touch areas of your jacket, you will automatically attract more water. – Nikwax McLean	Found on CNN 1 year ago
No one said it was going to be easy. If being great was easy, everyone would be doing it, you have to hit some adversity. There should be some hiccups. We came out like a rocket and then hit some rough patches. – Becky Hammond	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It was exciting to find new species, but in the field, we saw the forest on fire, logging trucks carrying out huge trees, and cleared patches turned into cattle pasture. This made us feel a lot of urgency to document these species and publish this paper as quickly as possible. – Murilo Pastana	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It often starts from one or two patches but in up to 20% of patients it progresses to involve the entire body hair (universalis) or totalis (entire scalp hair), it is also highly prevalent in children, bringing much distress to the children and the entire family. It is a highly devastating disease emotionally as losing hair has a tremendous impact on the well-being and the way we see ourselves. – Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP -RRB- Guttman	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The U.S. Marshals stopped by our house a couple of weeks ago and brought [Jamison] some patches and a Care Bear, and they just sat with him, they told him, if you need anything from us, give us a call. The problem with that is that he's been trying to use Alexa and call 911 to talk with his friends – but it was very it was such a nice gesture, and they were just trying to show their support for him. – Blair Miller	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I just went home, took a nice little shower, put some patches on my shoulder because it dislocated... but I popped it back into place. – Trelynn Robinson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
To restructure a public safety organization, it will take years, the city is still going to have to deal with the promises they made to these police officers as far as pension and insurance. Now you're going to have to spend a lot of money on [ new ] training. Just think about how much it's going to cost to change the name of everything on patches, cars, business cards, doorways. – Betsy Smith	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Plenty of people get tattoos, jewelry, insignia patches, it's become one of the most common modern White supremacy symbols. – Mark Pitcavage	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Those bumps and the patches that they had to put in really added an extreme amount of character in the toughest corner in NASCAR, it’s a shame we couldn’t make it work. It’s going to change up the racing at Darlington a lot. – Tyler Reddick	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Truffles wearing a patch is a very big deal. She makes kids feel more confident about wearing their patches, and that's something I am very passionate about, this makes a real impact in these kids lives every day. – Danielle Crull	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Wearing an eye patch isn't easy for kids, one thing is glasses, but eye patches are a whole different thing. It's more worry, more fear, more confusion. – Danielle Crull	Found on CNN 2 years ago
They say, ‘ It’s not all about the money. ’ Well, your kids ca n’t eat legacy, patches on my trunks, that was $ 30 million alone. So, who’s really the smartest one in the sport of boxing ? – Floyd Mayweather	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Though the investigation found the Sailors did not intend to wear the patches as a political statement for or against the President, Pacific Fleet determined that, because the American public could reasonably view the wearing of the patches on official uniforms as DoD association with President Trump's 2020 campaign, it was in violation of DoDD 1344.10. – Pacific Fleet spokesperson Rachel McMarr	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Though the investigation found the Sailors did not intend to wear the patches as a political statement for or against the president, U.S. Pacific Fleet determined that, because the American public could reasonably view the wearing of the patches on official uniforms as DoD association with President Trumps 2020 campaign, it was in violation of DoDD 1344.10. – The Navy	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We tried to get away from the debris, among water patches and electrical wires swinging, we went out in the streets and children were screaming and crying. Devastation everywhere. – Michael Sussman	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Our observations suggest a ball of gas illuminated from the interior, with rays of warm light swirling through stormy patches of dark clouds, convection moves around the clouds of silicate and iron particles, which disaggregate and rain down into the interior. This paints a picture of a dynamic atmosphere of a giant exoplanet at birth, undergoing complex physical and chemical processes. – Sylvestre Lacour	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It patches a hole in our existing law relative to emergency situations, if we're forced to declared an emergency in response to a public safety need that's triggered by people that are gathering for peaceful protests, to object to the TransCanada pipeline, we will have this hole patched in our existing law. – Matt Konenkamp	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Narang said. Other tips to keep in mind are keeping software and security patches up to date, using strong passwords, creating a different password for every website, and using two-factor authentication when possible, according to Narang. And, of course, never give out any personal information via email, social media platforms, text messages or instant messages, Narang said. Users should also enable your email provider’s spam/phishing filters and clicking on unknown links is a bad idea. Don’t even click on links, even from family or friends, if the email lacks any context or truly personal message that [would] indicate it’s real. – Jonathan Penn	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Generally speaking, we do the walks in shallow water, the alligators are typically near deeper water. That said, occasionally we see them in the culverts or a canal near the road where we enter. Once, when I was in a very typical cypress dome with a deep hole in the center, we saw a good-size alligator who was clearly the resident of the deep hole in the center of the dome. Other times, late in the dry season, I've seen alligators left in the few patches of water that remain. We tromped by in the mud, without disturbing the alligator in the water hole. – Allyson Gantt	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
There is a lot of evidence to suggest that if you would like to quit the best way to do so is by seeking help in the form of behavioral counseling and a treatment such as nicotine replacement therapy (i.e. patches or gum) or varenicline, however, there are also benefits of calling quitlines, particularly if these go on to provide proactive support for quitters. – Nicola Lindson-Hawley	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If I want to buy a new house then I can go around and I can check to see whether there is damp patches around or whether the current owners have painted over and tried to hide any issues with leaks or damp patches, so that's another great example, also silly things like I'm going into the bakers and getting the freshest bread, you can point the phone up and identify where the freshest bread is. Or I let my dog out in the evening and it's pitch black, so now I can find my dog without having to chase around and rummage in bushes. – Pete Cunningham	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think this incident with the pony will bring a lot of leverage, what happened to Patches is a prime example of why we need it. – Ken Andrus	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I think this incident with the pony will bring a lot of leverage. What happened to Patches is a prime example of why we need it. – Ken Andrus	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There are also transdermal patches, cookies, brownies, lozenges, Listerine-style breath strips, tinctures are the most common I recommend, for the ability to control your dose. – Eloise Theisen	Found on FOX News 8 years ago

Dirt, by nature, attracts water — so if you have any patches of dirt or grime around the high-touch areas of your jacket, you will automatically attract more water.

– Nikwax McLean

Found on CNN
1 year ago

No one said it was going to be easy. If being great was easy, everyone would be doing it, you have to hit some adversity. There should be some hiccups. We came out like a rocket and then hit some rough patches.

– Becky Hammond

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It was exciting to find new species, but in the field, we saw the forest on fire, logging trucks carrying out huge trees, and cleared patches turned into cattle pasture. This made us feel a lot of urgency to document these species and publish this paper as quickly as possible.

– Murilo Pastana

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It often starts from one or two patches but in up to 20% of patients it progresses to involve the entire body hair (universalis) or totalis (entire scalp hair), it is also highly prevalent in children, bringing much distress to the children and the entire family. It is a highly devastating disease emotionally as losing hair has a tremendous impact on the well-being and the way we see ourselves.

– Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP -RRB- Guttman

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The U.S. Marshals stopped by our house a couple of weeks ago and brought [Jamison] some patches and a Care Bear, and they just sat with him, they told him, if you need anything from us, give us a call. The problem with that is that he's been trying to use Alexa and call 911 to talk with his friends – but it was very it was such a nice gesture, and they were just trying to show their support for him.

– Blair Miller

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I just went home, took a nice little shower, put some patches on my shoulder because it dislocated... but I popped it back into place.

– Trelynn Robinson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

To restructure a public safety organization, it will take years, the city is still going to have to deal with the promises they made to these police officers as far as pension and insurance. Now you're going to have to spend a lot of money on [ new ] training. Just think about how much it's going to cost to change the name of everything on patches, cars, business cards, doorways.

– Betsy Smith

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Plenty of people get tattoos, jewelry, insignia patches, it's become one of the most common modern White supremacy symbols.

– Mark Pitcavage

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Those bumps and the patches that they had to put in really added an extreme amount of character in the toughest corner in NASCAR, it’s a shame we couldn’t make it work. It’s going to change up the racing at Darlington a lot.

– Tyler Reddick

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Truffles wearing a patch is a very big deal. She makes kids feel more confident about wearing their patches, and that's something I am very passionate about, this makes a real impact in these kids lives every day.

– Danielle Crull

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Wearing an eye patch isn't easy for kids, one thing is glasses, but eye patches are a whole different thing. It's more worry, more fear, more confusion.

– Danielle Crull

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They say, ‘ It’s not all about the money. ’ Well, your kids ca n’t eat legacy, patches on my trunks, that was $ 30 million alone. So, who’s really the smartest one in the sport of boxing ?

– Floyd Mayweather

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Though the investigation found the Sailors did not intend to wear the patches as a political statement for or against the President, Pacific Fleet determined that, because the American public could reasonably view the wearing of the patches on official uniforms as DoD association with President Trump's 2020 campaign, it was in violation of DoDD 1344.10.

– Pacific Fleet spokesperson Rachel McMarr

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Though the investigation found the Sailors did not intend to wear the patches as a political statement for or against the president, U.S. Pacific Fleet determined that, because the American public could reasonably view the wearing of the patches on official uniforms as DoD association with President Trumps 2020 campaign, it was in violation of DoDD 1344.10.

– The Navy

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

We tried to get away from the debris, among water patches and electrical wires swinging, we went out in the streets and children were screaming and crying. Devastation everywhere.

– Michael Sussman

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Our observations suggest a ball of gas illuminated from the interior, with rays of warm light swirling through stormy patches of dark clouds, convection moves around the clouds of silicate and iron particles, which disaggregate and rain down into the interior. This paints a picture of a dynamic atmosphere of a giant exoplanet at birth, undergoing complex physical and chemical processes.

– Sylvestre Lacour

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It patches a hole in our existing law relative to emergency situations, if we're forced to declared an emergency in response to a public safety need that's triggered by people that are gathering for peaceful protests, to object to the TransCanada pipeline, we will have this hole patched in our existing law.

– Matt Konenkamp

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Narang said. Other tips to keep in mind are keeping software and security patches up to date, using strong passwords, creating a different password for every website, and using two-factor authentication when possible, according to Narang. And, of course, never give out any personal information via email, social media platforms, text messages or instant messages, Narang said. Users should also enable your email provider’s spam/phishing filters and clicking on unknown links is a bad idea. Don’t even click on links, even from family or friends, if the email lacks any context or truly personal message that [would] indicate it’s real.

– Jonathan Penn

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Generally speaking, we do the walks in shallow water, the alligators are typically near deeper water. That said, occasionally we see them in the culverts or a canal near the road where we enter. Once, when I was in a very typical cypress dome with a deep hole in the center, we saw a good-size alligator who was clearly the resident of the deep hole in the center of the dome. Other times, late in the dry season, I've seen alligators left in the few patches of water that remain. We tromped by in the mud, without disturbing the alligator in the water hole.

– Allyson Gantt

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

There is a lot of evidence to suggest that if you would like to quit the best way to do so is by seeking help in the form of behavioral counseling and a treatment such as nicotine replacement therapy (i.e. patches or gum) or varenicline, however, there are also benefits of calling quitlines, particularly if these go on to provide proactive support for quitters.

– Nicola Lindson-Hawley

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If I want to buy a new house then I can go around and I can check to see whether there is damp patches around or whether the current owners have painted over and tried to hide any issues with leaks or damp patches, so that's another great example, also silly things like I'm going into the bakers and getting the freshest bread, you can point the phone up and identify where the freshest bread is. Or I let my dog out in the evening and it's pitch black, so now I can find my dog without having to chase around and rummage in bushes.

– Pete Cunningham

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think this incident with the pony will bring a lot of leverage, what happened to Patches is a prime example of why we need it.

– Ken Andrus

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I think this incident with the pony will bring a lot of leverage. What happened to Patches is a prime example of why we need it.

– Ken Andrus

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There are also transdermal patches, cookies, brownies, lozenges, Listerine-style breath strips, tinctures are the most common I recommend, for the ability to control your dose.

– Eloise Theisen

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

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