douche
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But he was also accused of being an “Instagram douche meets cult leader” and “Steve Jobs meets Jim Jones”.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2020
“We don’t like what we see now & sadly ppl still romanticize, venerate and imitate huge douche bags from the past. So calling it out is right.”
From Fox News ● Feb. 20, 2019
Indeed, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend that women do not douche, and that they allow the vagina to maintain its normal healthy population of protective microbial flora.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Knowing how this show treats Avery, it also wouldn't surprise me if he went back into full douche mode and tried to put the moves on her.
From Slate ● May 3, 2013
But Dempsey's testimony is further strengthened, even to confirmation, by himself having since taken to bed, where he now lies dangerously ill of a fever, the result of a cold caught from that chilling douche.
From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne
Since the dawn of civilization it’s been the human race versus a few power-lord douches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
Black women also reported higher use of feminine hygiene products, like douches, which have been linked with higher levels of ortho-phthalates.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
“Vaginal pH is maintained by lactobacilli. Soaps, cleansers and douches will only hurt this bacteria, so they are all bad pH-wise,” Gunter wrote in a recent New York Times piece.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2020
From pink pills to help women with so-called hysteria, to vaginal douches to keep them "clean", the historical displays show how gynaecology has often been dominated by superstition and ignorance.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2018
Warm fomentations and douches with cold water will often promote permanent recovery, and liberty in a box stall or in the field will in many cases insure constant relief.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
Back in 1985, according to the National Survey of Family Growth, 37 percent of American women aged 15-44 regularly douched.
From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2011
Then she was douched with bicarbonate and bore four males, two females.
From Time Magazine Archive
The general health is improved by a nourishing diet and by cod-liver oil and tonics; and the legs and feet are douched and massaged thrice daily.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Manipulations to correct the deformity should be carried out twice or thrice daily, and the limbs are also massaged and douched.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
They had had visions of dire jests and grievous humiliations: of finding themselves suddenly astride the bare backs of berserk mules, or hoisted by blazing petards, or douched with mysterious cascades of icy water.
From Pipefuls by Morley, Christopher
I recently spoke to two colorectal surgeons for a previous question posed to this column about douching that required a rather intricate answer.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2019
Almost no one could be Joan Collins douching with diamonds, but you could see yourself as Grace Van Owen’s forever-lunching legal eagle.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 17, 2018
These days, douching seems as ancient as dial-up, with just 12 percent of women aged 18-44 using the feminine hygiene products.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2011
Treatment.—The slighter forms of injury by compression recover under massage, douching, and electricity.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
In some cases, however, douches work better and the two best things for douching are: tincture of iodine and lactic acid.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by Robinson, William J.
