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balm

[bahm] / bɑm /




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What to be aware of: Whatever your look, don't share your balm or lipstick.

From BBC Jul. 30, 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

All of that access can feel like a balm for the ever-embattled press, a deserved return to pride of place.

From Slate Mar. 18, 2026

“She stopped texting us,” Audrey said, swiping on lip gloss instead of the lip balm she’d been using over the summer.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

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

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

The shelves are lined with apothecary bottles that twinkle like jewels, as well as clear jars and magnificent flasks containing resins, balms, waxes, and oils made from flowers, plant secretions, and extracts.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton




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