The fakiness of the humans (they look rather spongy) in the story aside, this cyberspace "cartoon" is remarkable.

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But I gazed long and raptly at the wonderful textures of spongy grass, dully reflective flagstones, and dreaming concrete.

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Get it right and the dessert is light and spongy, the sourness of the cherries perfectly offsetting the sweetness of the cream.

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Sensors suggest a 600-foot-thick zone of spongy rock holding millions of barrels.

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He says that morels work particularly well because of their spongy texture: They soak up and amplify the flavors of whatever goes in them.

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Hundreds of people in and out of uniform were in the Pentagon courtyard, standing on the spongy, rain-soaked grass as a light mist fell.

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Like a lemon with comparatively less of the juicy bit, the cedro is nine-tenths pith, but the pith is soft, slightly spongy and delicious.

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The perfect specimen should have a golden and crunchy crust, with a contrastingly soft and spongy white interior -- and should spring back into shape when squeezed.

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Of course, a device of that size also poses a number of problems, but Insound appears to have all those sorted out, with it employing a special "spongy material" that allows moisture to escape and prevent infection, and a magnet to actually remove the device from the ear.

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The most popular gift is mithai (Indian sweets), and shops are filled with a spectacular array specially prepared for this festival, from thickly cut squares of barfi (a fudge-like sweet, often coated with a thin film of edible silver leaf) , to soft syrupy gulab jamuns (deep-fried balls of dough) and spongy rasgullas (sweetened cream cheese balls flavoured with rose water).

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