bathe

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Ofwat said company failures left it unable to cope during periods of high demand or extreme weather, leaving customers with no tap water, unable to shower or bathe or flush their toilets.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Even with the help of her daughter, who regularly helps bathe her brother, Wu only sleeps three to five hours a night.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Olha Kosova’s husband is in the military, and the power cuts made it hard to heave the heavy stroller up to the fourth floor and heat water to bathe her 1-year-old daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Overnight, the plume spread to the city’s drinking water intakes, and 400,000 Toledoans were told to not drink or cook with tap water, or even bathe with it.

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2025

They wouldn’t let me run water to bathe my forehead, so now I’m walking around with a giant lump over my right eye.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank