It produced a fine powder that engineers deemed suitable to try to pick up.

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Regolith is a fine powder formed by a constant rain of small meteorites that breaks up the rocks at the surface.

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Evidence that the economy has been ground to a fine powder continues to pile up, and today's brought another batch of bad news.

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Depending on the cook's preference, the walnuts may be coarsely ground for a chunkier texture, or pulverized into a fine powder to make a smooth, silky sauce.

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Dry water resembles a very fine powder (like icing sugar or flour) that has a slightly more liquid-like appearance when it flows, and if you squeeze some of it in your hand hard enough the powder combines to give you a few drops.

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Their milk looks and tastes like the real thing, but once its proteins are filtered and purified into a fine white powder, they can be spun into tough thread.

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Soon the trees disappeared, the gradient increased and the soil became black and powder-fine.

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Connor fluffed a simple penalty chance from in front of the posts, but a fine break from Sonny Parker - brushing through Jamie Robinson's powder-puff tackle - earned a second chance.

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Mascara, loose powder, lip liner and lipstick are just part of the suggested Sam Fine beauty regimen.

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