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balm

[bahm] / bɑm /




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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

The device, which is about the size of a tube of lip balm and costs $90, is sold primarily through the pet supply website Chewy and connects to the owner’s smartphone through uCloudlink’s GlocalMe app.

From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026

Coover’s book is about baseball, but it is really about the escape that baseball—and any other would-be balm to a difficult present—can provide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

As he’s watched the Kennedy Center drama unfold and arts infrastructure unravel, he said sitting among laughing audiences has been a balm — for himself and many others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026

I went ahead and got a glass of water and the balm, even though I knew she was right.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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

He partners with Karishma and the willfully clueless Brij in a profitable business manufacturing ayurvedic balms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026

When asked about two cleansing balms she has bought - one from a high-end brand and the other a low-priced equivalent - she says: "It's the same to me, I can't tell the difference."

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 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

She soaks her feet in balms of herb water, plays cards past midnight, eats oranges under a full moon.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García


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