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The victory has secured her place at the 75th Miss Universe competition in Puerto Rico in November, 43 years after Lorraine Downes won the international title in 1983.
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Ring’s family announced his death on Wednesday in a post on his Ken Ring – Long Range Forecaster social media page.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… fascicle (noun) - 1: a small or slender bundle: such as a: a tight cluster of plant parts (such as leaves or flowers) b: a slender bundle of anatomical fibers (such as muscle or nerve fibers) : fasciculus sense 1 2: one of the divisions of a