detergent
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As inflation weighs on Japanese households, huge arcades on the outskirts of major cities are installing claw machines filled with eggs, rice, laundry detergent and other necessities.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
They include the hassles of fixing a change machine, the reckless drivers he encounters during his pickup-and-delivery service and the endless struggle to find detergent bottles small enough to fit into his vending machine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
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
With no detergent or soap, I must beat the bedsheets against rocks to try and clean them.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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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
In those studies, the researchers developed approaches for converting other types of plastic waste into surfactants used in products such as soaps and detergents.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
As well as clothing and shoes, the cupboard also stocks personal hygiene products and laundry detergents.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
He then started his career in marketing at consumer-goods conglomerates, working on brands from detergents to dairy products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
I just have a couple of white spots that are probably there because Mom switched detergents or something.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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