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A 2019 Washington Post column branded one company that only sells this non-tobacco product as “toxic masculinity run rampant;” since (-5[1])2022, that company has been this product’s fastest-growing brand. A company selling this product funded US (-5[1])Forest Service projects in exchange for lower permit (-5[1])fees. One of that company’s subsidiaries was sold as Blue Triton in 2021, after its former CEO labeled this product a grocery rather than a right. (10[1])The authors of a 2024 PNAS paper (10[1])identified over 100,000 (-5[1])nanoplastics per liter in samples of this product (10[1]-5[1])compared to a widely-available (10[1])home alternative. For 10 points, name this beverage marketed under brands such as Liquid Death and Perrier. ■END■ (10[5])

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%33%99.78
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%50%96.13
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%33%92.17
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY11100%0%27%80.64
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY989%0%33%80.38
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY580%0%40%94.75
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%63%101.50
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%56%96.44

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Davis JohnsonPurdue CIllinois D19-5
Rohan KrishnamoorthiWashU AIowa A35-5
Timothy ChiuNorthwestern BNotre Dame B43-5
Theodor MartinWashU BIllinois B6910
Sam KonkelChicago AIllinois C7610
Christopher JosephNotre Dame CIowa B79-5
Eric YangPurdue ASIUE87-5
Sam AlahiIllinois ANotre Dame A8710
Owen McCoyIllinois DPurdue C9110
Waverly O'MalleyIowa BNotre Dame C10910
Danielle WebbSIUEPurdue A10910
Noah McRedmondNotre Dame BNorthwestern B10910
Franke GordonNorthwestern APurdue B10910
Brielle RachIowa AWashU A10910