disinfectant
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The Lysol disinfectant maker’s sales grew 5% on a like-for-like basis on year, Reckitt Benckiser said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
At 7:00 am, relatives brought packages: deodorant, toothpaste, soap and shampoo in labeled plastic bags, plus disinfectant and bleach -- provisions essential for maintaining hygiene in the latrines of tiny cells.
From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026
Extra municipal workers armed with disinfectant sprays have been deployed to carry out an urban "spring clean" in public areas across the city, while additional rubbish collections are being arranged.
From BBC • May 28, 2025
Boiling, freezing, adding chlorine or other disinfectant or letting water stand will not make it safe.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2025
Next to it stood a bed table with a pitcher and a water glass and the silver twig of a thermometer poking up from a jar of pink disinfectant.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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