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Mango Luisa Penny Loafer The Mango Luisa Penny Loafers put a refined spin on the wardrobe classic thanks to the burnished leather and moc-toe silhouette that’s polished and effortless.—
Olivia Dubyak, InStyle, 31 Dec. 2025
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The ground crunches on my morning walks, carpeted in burnished leaves the same colors of the hearts of flames.—
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The oversized style is made with brushed flannel that feels oh-so-soft against skin.—
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The flannel cotton weave is designed to give the pattern a brushed, soft texture.—
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The prose looks polished, charts look clean, and a single percentage point buried in the model quietly pushes the decision in a different direction.—
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Like Coleman, Boston’s size (6-4, 210) and physicality enable him to win more than his fair share of jump balls, but the Huskie wideout is also a polished route-runner, especially on slants and comebacks.—
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Most java lovers are familiar with ground coffee: roasted coffee beans that have been ground for use in a coffee machine.—
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Colloidal oatmeal is made from ground whole oats, which creates a powdery texture, to treat atopic dermatitis and psoriasis flares.—
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“Shined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shined. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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