From antique metal napkin rings to copper tea kettles, there are so many timeless, practical items trending in value, waiting to be taken home from your local thrift store.
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Olivia McIntosh,
Martha Stewart,
2 Jan. 2026
In recent years, the kettles also have become places where mystery donors have, on rare occasions, deposited valuable coins worth thousands of dollars.
Food and drink concessionaires, professional caterers, HOA clubhouses, event planners — any purveyor that’s not a public restaurant, food truck, flea market stall or food hall vendor — are also excluded from the roundup.
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Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
However, by being routed through the mayor’s office and nonprofits rather than local clubhouses, Lindsay’s policies alienated the city’s political parties from his administration.
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Daniel Wortel-London,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
Standing at 6-foot-5 and 225 pounds, Watson is a big-bodied righty who fits the mold of what the Red Sox have looked for in their pitchers over the past few years.
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Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
His side likely will be eager to reference five pitchers with AAVs of more than $32 million — Zack Wheeler, deGrom, Blake Snell, Gerrit Cole and Corbin Burnes — not to mention others above his midpoint.
The family slept on thin mattresses on the floor and hauled water in plastic jugs from a convenience store roughly 15 miles away, according to investigators.
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Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
31 Dec. 2025
Among them is José, a 74-year-old retired surgeon holding two small gallon jugs.
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