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gel

[jel] / dʒɛl /












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Pimple patches containing a gel called hydrocolloid can absorb fluids from oozing pimples and stop you from picking at them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Soccer tied to this summer’s World Cup that tucked cooling gel into a clear, stadium-friendly bag.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

He donates the venison to food pantries because he has alpha-gal and his son “almost died from anaphylactic shock from two Advil gel caps,” he told me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The same chemical feature also appears to make RNA condensates more likely to develop interconnected networks and shift from a fluid state into a more rigid, gel like structure.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

A little farther along, an entire apartment building has collapsed and lies in a mound under the gel.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

If it did, the attempt to recreate the first film’s magic would’ve come with plenty of film stock and some colored gels to make sure every shot isn’t washed out in jaundiced yellow.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Other popular supplements include carbohydrate gels, which Close says were key in the first sub-two hour marathon run earlier this year by Kenyan long-distance runner Sabastian Sawe.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

UV light is used for air purification, curing resins in 3D printing, hardening gels in dental fillings, and even applications such as nail treatments.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026

“These consumers are saying, ‘I don’t really like buying laundry detergent and shower gels, they’re not terribly exciting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

And her shorts have little pouches built in—I can see the tops of energy gels peeking out from both sides of her hips.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

She insisted stats justified the call, but the partnership never gelled, yielding only half a point.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Ferrell gelled with each of them and everybody else, doing the Will Ferrell thing, which still works tremendously well after all these years.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026

Russell admitted that the "pace was really, really poor on my side", and that he has never gelled with the Miami circuit and its low-grip surface and slow corners.

From BBC ● May 3, 2026

But when she arrives at Iona’s apartment, Andie is shocked to see that a coiffed perm, light makeup, a sensible suit and a string of pearls have replaced her friend’s beehives and gelled spikes.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026

A paperboy cap sat on his hair, which he’d gelled into a tall tower sticking straight up off his head.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

There’s a rhythm and a quality of engagement that I learned completely in the theater world that applied to the gelling and the cohesion of “Rooster” in all of the scenes.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

Many vegan meat alternatives also use gelling agents that bind water and fat.

From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024

The 63-year-old, who was sacked by England last year, said his side can challenge the All Blacks in their next game despite "not quite gelling" against the Pumas.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2023

A unit that was overhauled in the offseason by free-agent signings and has taken time to develop chemistry due to injuries and inconsistency, may finally be gelling at just the right time.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2021

A method according to claim 1 wherein said gel 60 consists essentially of 1,2-butylene oxide and a gelling agent selected from the group consisting of SiO2, particulate carbon and aluminum octoate.

From U.S. Patent 4,293,314: Gelled Fuel-Air Explosive October 6, 1981. by Bertram O. Stull


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