With its riff-heavy mixture of classic rock and Craig Finn's lyrically dense storytelling, the group crafts detailed musical universes that have already made it a critical darling and fan favorite.

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Firefighters said the flooding was caused by a mixture of heavy rain and rising temperatures thawing snow and ice, and have warned people to listen to forecasts.

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And the same will be true for the US. There is some mixture of light and heavy, sweet and sour, crudes which is optimal to provide the refined products the US desires to use.

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On Friday, one day after announcing it had pinpointed the source of the leak, Total detailed its dueling approaches to stop it: blocking the outflow with "heavy mud" (consisting of a mixture that contains mineral compounds) and drilling a pair of relief wells.

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These include heat from the partial combustion, a gaseous mixture called syngas that can be burned as fuel, and a heavy oil.

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