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peroxide

[puh-rok-sahyd] / pəˈrɒk saɪd /


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For milder forms of face acne, dermatologists may recommend face washes or creams containing benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid or retinoids such as adapalene.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Hydrogen peroxide formed during this process can then be converted back into reactive oxygen species at the anode.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Officials have been using chemicals, including reportedly hydrogen peroxide, to clean a green algae bloom which has taken hold in the pool since it was re-filled following a paint job earlier this month.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

National Park Service workers this week have been trying to clean the algae blooms off the bottom of the 2,000-foot-long pool by pouring hydrogen peroxide into the water and vacuuming the floor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

She’s bleached a peroxide streak into the bangs.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

The altered enzyme can no longer insert itself into the membrane correctly, leaving lipid peroxides free to accumulate.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 9, 2025

"With its fin immersed into the cell membrane, it rides along the inner surface and swiftly detoxifies lipid peroxides as it goes."

From Science Daily ● Dec. 9, 2025

Larger fines were assessed for failing to designate a point person to help fight the fire and failing to give a complete inventory of the organic peroxides on site when firefighters arrived, she said.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2023

When ozone wafts into buildings, it reacts with limonene and similar molecules called monoterpenes, turning them into peroxides, alcohols, and other molecules that grow into airborne particles.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 24, 2022

Catalase decomposes peroxides, with the liberation of free oxygen.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

Puffy-faced and peroxided, Koepka finally admitted, “I’ll be honest: I can’t compete with these guys week in and week out.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2023

Murray SawChuck, 38, a magician known for his spiky peroxided hair and a self-anointed role as “the Dennis the Menace of magic,” notes he is free in the evenings to attend other shows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2016

To mark a change, she peroxided her hair.

From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2014

With his peroxided locks, heavy mascara and volatile sensitivity, his Jackson is a cross between punky rockers Billy Idol and Billie Joe Armstrong, with a dash of corrupt, rabble-rousing politico Huey Long thrown in.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2012

When it was Dad’s move, I’d steal looks at him in his button-down shirt, trying to remember the fast-fading picture of the guy with peroxided hair and a leather jacket.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman


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