balm
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What to be aware of: Whatever your look, don't share your balm or lipstick.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
The games have been inevitably exciting, especially as now that they’re in the knockout round, but the overall sensation was unexpected relief, a soul-soothing balm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Based on a spiritual, “Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning,” as adapted by Roach and singer Andy Bey, it was meant as both balm and call to action.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Despite how frustrating this sounds, the series develops the relationship between these two in such a way that Mrs. Hall’s return to Skeldale House is a balm for both.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
It was providential that we would live together for those four years at college, and after graduation, we continued a friendship that was a healing balm.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
The research, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, analyzed 35 samples of balms and bandages from 19 mummies.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 16, 2026
She said the company is trying to appeal to younger consumers with more offerings such as limited-edition eye-shadow sticks and shimmer balms at low prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
She remembers using her pocket money to buy earrings, scrunchies and Lip Smacker lip balms from Claire's as a teenager.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025
Now, nearly a decade and many petitions later, the prodigal wrap returns to the United States with the kind of quiet fanfare usually reserved for cult-favorite lip balms or discontinued sodas.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2025
In my new profession I am like a confessor, for I listen as the nuns reveal their ailments, and I prescribe balms, tonics, and poultices.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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