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After a particularly long, road rage-y drive, I splashed my face with ice water, a tip I learned on TikTok, to see if it might take the edge off my vibrating tension.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
“Seeing that face with all the cables and all the wires and all the things going on, it just kind of encompasses all of it and takes it right back,” he said.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
Soon, he finds himself face to face with … himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
In other footage, rescue workers wiped the boy's face with tissues and tucked him in with a blanket in an ambulance.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
She wanted him to still be able to look into his newborn child’s face with hope.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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