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“Tow” might not be a knockout, but it’s far from the dregs of cinema.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

Gomez’s sculpture thus becomes an important record of a precious moment: one in which the dregs of greed were laid bare for all to see.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

It is not known whether this was one of the issues Sir Jim Ratcliffe was mulling over when the camera panned to him in the last dregs of United's latest damaging loss under Amorim's charge.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2025

Models suggest that the last dregs of the magma ocean crystallized into dense minerals including ilmenite, a mineral containing titanium and iron.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024

He gulped down the dregs of his coffee.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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