alum

Example Sentences

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"This year is going to be a fight for survival. If I make it to Christmas I'll be impressed" says Matthew Alum who runs two pubs in the Colchester area.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

Alum has since been added to many vaccines that use a portion of a pathogen -- though not the infectious part -- to induce immunity.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2024

You'd of had to have been there. #mizzou Alum.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2022

The earthquake occurred seven miles from Alum Rock, Calif., 10 miles from Milpitas, Calif., 10 miles from Morgan Hill, Calif. and 12 miles from Campbell, Calif..

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2022

Alum, lime, oak galls, urine, ashes, tallow, and stale beer — these are the tools of my trade.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz