tampon
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I got my period and asked a woman in the train station for a tampon.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2024
It's childish and weird to act like even looking at a tampon box will emasculate you.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2024
One consumer study conducted in 2022 found that out of 23 tampon brands lab tested, 22% contained indications of PFAS.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
In 2021, the government removed the so-called "tampon tax" on period products including sanitary pads and menstrual cups.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2023
Thinking of this reminds me of Charlie and the day I had to change my tampon while we were hiking Big Blue—the six-mile-long extension of the blue trail.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
The detainees said an 8 oz. jar of Folgers instant coffee costs $18 at the California City facility, a single instant ramen soup is 75 cents and a box of 40 tampons costs nearly $21.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
It didn’t work: By early this year many sections of the bridge were littered with locks and other rubbish, including unused tampons, a foot influencer’s single sock and a pill bottle with a Hungarian label.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Some may ask for menstrual hygiene products, like pads and tampons.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2026
One woman I interviewed who struggled with infertility threw herself a menopause party complete with tampons wrapped in ribbons and women telling their first period and menopause stories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025
Inside were a wallet of dark brown leather, two tampons wrapped in plastic, a pack of gum, and a lipstick.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
The trachea must be divided and tamponed by a Trendelenburg canula, after which the larynx must be carefully dissected out.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
The after-treatment consists in tamponing the wound with pledgets of iodoform gauze or a mixture of iodoform 1 part and glycerin 4 parts.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
