bathe
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"We don't have clean water to drink or even to bathe."
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Every morning, she wakes up and climbs up to her damaged apartment to bathe, change clothes and get ready for work.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
A 10-day sojourn at the composer’s West Hollywood, Calif., home was congenial and productive, even though Auden reportedly declined to shower or bathe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Many here lack water to bathe and flush toilets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026
“For how long, Jane? For a few minutes, while you smooth your hair—which is somewhat dishevelled; and bathe your face—which looks feverish?”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Inspired by traditional Indian cooking and Southeast Asian flavors, this Food52 recipe bathes and simmers sautéed heads of romaine in a delicious mixture of gingery coconut milk, fresh lime juice and fish sauce.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
Gray clouds darken the sky, but Leutze bathes Washington in light, depicting him as an unflinching leader of a squad of men that purposely includes a Native American and a black man.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
It turns out Ashton Kutcher bathes on the regular after all, trend stories be damned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026
She's holding a container of ice-cold, artificial cerebrospinal fluid, which mimics the liquid that bathes the brain and spinal cord.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
Finally, when the sunset bathes my apartment in orange and gold, I break out of my trance.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
The living room, bathed in natural light, offers vaulted ceilings, a chic bar area, and a fireplace.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Tracing Saint’s rise and fall over six seasons, the final episode was bathed in tragedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Rickards and others spoke of Parton's unifying spirit, her devotion to mountainous, working-class East Tennessee, and how the singer-songwriter's presence bathed the region in a sort of country glamor.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Looking at my computer, I find myself lingering over a beautiful wide-angle photo of a mountain peak: giant slabs of sharp rock, brushed with snow and bathed in sunlight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Nhamo and Rosa bathed Grandmother and fed her chicken broth and thin porridge.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
“Coffee is dressed up in a jacket, right? Iced coffee’s like a bathing suit.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
“It’s so funny because it’s like these people have maybe never seen a woman in a bathing suit with hairy legs,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
“Floor-to-ceiling windows opened to the south and east, bathing the space in natural light,” Jacobs gushed.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Wearing bathing costumes and many carrying children, the tourists were moved to nearby beaches, while about 200 were taken to a ship waiting at sea, officials and public broadcaster ERT said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
I closed my eyes and tried to visualize the creek; imagine I was bathing in cool, running water.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
