detergent
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She hired her house manager to allow her room for joy and to be fully present with her 6-year-old daughter instead of worrying about whether they were running low on laundry detergent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
And even as algae consumes that phosphorus, it is being topped up in the water by agriculture, wastewater, un-maintained septic tanks, industry and every household in the catchment that puts phosphorus-containing detergent into the system.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Their mission that day was to come up with a new format of Tide detergent with improved features, such as stronger cleaning and better odor removal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Executives at rival companies have expressed bewilderment at the resulting product—a flexible 3-inch white square made of detergent fibers that feels like a pad of fabric.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Mo’s quilt was cold when she crept under it, and the pillow didn’t yet smell of him either, only of laundry detergent.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
The end-of-summer networking bonanza was organised by 20 business groups representing everything from cars to clean energy, digital to detergents.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Petroleum is also used to make detergents that help toothpaste foam and synthetics that improve shelf life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
Researchers use it to improve proteins such as enzymes and antibodies that play important roles in medicine, industrial manufacturing, and even everyday products like laundry detergents.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 9, 2026
The medical profession successfully argued for an exemption from the wet wipe ban, arguing that non-plastic wipes absorb too much of the detergents and disinfectants impregnated in them, with potential consequences for patient safety.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025
The most frequently repeated messages will be station call signals and appeals to purchase detergents, deodorants, headache tablets, and automobile and petroleum products.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
