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peroxide

[puh-rok-sahyd] / pəˈrɒk saɪd /


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In laboratory studies, high-dose vitamin C helps generate hydrogen peroxide, a reactive substance that can damage cells.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

Officials have been using chemicals, including reportedly hydrogen peroxide, to clean a green algae bloom which has taken hold in the pool since it was re-filled following a paint job earlier this month.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

As workers scrambled to pump out murky water and dumped hydrogen peroxide into the pool, Trump took no responsibility for what many observers chalked up to shoddy workmanship.

From Barron's Jun. 21, 2026

In an effort combat the algae in the Reflecting Pool, employees of the National Park Service were seen pouring in gallons of hydrogen peroxide, a chemical commonly used in pool maintenance.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2026

Until well into the second half of the century, the formula H2O2 might mean water to one chemist but hydrogen peroxide to another.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

"With its fin immersed into the cell membrane, it rides along the inner surface and swiftly detoxifies lipid peroxides as it goes."

From Science Daily Dec. 9, 2025

Taiwanese law requires organic peroxides to be stored in a separate warehouse building, but Launch Technologies kept the material on the first floor of the factory building, Chou said.

From Seattle Times Sep. 25, 2023

The ROSs and lipid peroxides then triggered intensive oxidative bursts, while the protons lowered the intracellular pH value, creating an unfavourable acidic microenvironment for the cancer cells.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2023

When ozone wafts into buildings, it reacts with limonene and similar molecules called monoterpenes, turning them into peroxides, alcohols, and other molecules that grow into airborne particles.

From Science Magazine Feb. 24, 2022

It is necessary to siphon off the nitric solution, since, like all peroxides, that of lead is not absolutely insoluble in nitric acid.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various

Puffy-faced and peroxided, Koepka finally admitted, “I’ll be honest: I can’t compete with these guys week in and week out.”

From Washington Post Feb. 22, 2023

Murray SawChuck, 38, a magician known for his spiky peroxided hair and a self-anointed role as “the Dennis the Menace of magic,” notes he is free in the evenings to attend other shows.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 5, 2016

With his peroxided locks, heavy mascara and volatile sensitivity, his Jackson is a cross between punky rockers Billy Idol and Billie Joe Armstrong, with a dash of corrupt, rabble-rousing politico Huey Long thrown in.

From Seattle Times Sep. 21, 2012

When we meet to photograph him, he still has the fluffy blond hair from the role – peroxided because there was no budget for wigs.

From The Guardian Jul. 22, 2010

When it was Dad’s move, I’d steal looks at him in his button-down shirt, trying to remember the fast-fading picture of the guy with peroxided hair and a leather jacket.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman




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