gel
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Carter, who left in 2024, said it can take five years for a new school’s approach to gel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Testosterone therapy can be delivered through the application of a daily gel, weekly home injections, twice-a-day pills or an implanted pellet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
An elderly cancer patient, unconscious at home, surrounded by her worried family, and a five-month-old baby who has been covered in shower gel by their autistic sibling.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
When the powder comes into contact with blood, it reacts with cations such as calcium and transforms into a gel in about one second, rapidly sealing the wound.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
Then she opened a jar and said, “I need to put some gel on your skin to help the electrical contact. It washes off easily. Hold still, now.”
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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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
Young shoppers enamored with the “glass skin” look are snapping up serums, peels, gels and mists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Currently there are no hormonal contraceptives for men although some gels and pills are being tested.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
“They’ll also have energy gels for you at the water stops,” he told me.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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The older players had a good relationship with Robins, but when Lampard arrived the younger members - who grew up watching him play for Chelsea and Manchester City - gelled with him quickly.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
Flint often gelled his hair into the shape of two devil horns, of which a silhouette is etched into the backrest of the bench.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 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
After treatment with dancing molecules, the gelled nanofiber scaffold reduced inflammation, shrank glial scarring, stimulated neurite extension, and encouraged neurons to grow in organized patterns.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2026
The trouble was that his mathematics never gelled tightly.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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Farmhouses across the nation practically required at least one of the long-lived trees because of quinces’ natural pectin, an important gelling ingredient in preserves.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
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
The gummy section covers various gelling agents like gelatin, agar agar, pectin and tapioca starch.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2022
But they are really gelling in a way that’s better than I could ever hope for.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
Now, as the skipper was a very sharp fellow, and perfectly understood his business-practically anticipating the Transatlantic axiom of buying at the cheapest market and gelling at the dearest-he soon contrived to grow rich.
From The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth
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Theater - Middle School
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