manicure
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She touches up a manicure, rifles through her closet, blends a green juice.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
In Mytishchi, manicure salon owner Zhanna has recently had to move into a shared studio, unable to afford the rent on her own premises.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
"It sounded like the service would be catering to the ultra-rich woman who's just got a manicure and doesn't want her nails spoiled," said labour rights activist and sociologist Akriti Bhatia.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
"Our final, clear polish could be put over any manicure or even bare nails, which could help people with calluses on their fingertips, too. So, it has both a cosmetic and lifestyle benefit," explains Desai.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026
“They’re just like mine,” she said, but I barely had time to smirk at her immaculate manicure before she added, “and just like your mother’s, too.”
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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Groupon, best known for its deep discounts on local services from meals to manicures, is finding traction with a whole new audience thanks to its blind deals on vacations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
This is challenging for users with long manicures or zombie fingers.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026
She also spent money on manicures, tanning sessions and trips to a private Harley Street dentist.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
I don’t spend money on makeup or manicures like my friends do.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 10, 2026
I was excited when a beautician volunteered to give the girls in our cottage manicures.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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The room features elegant windows that show off the manicured grounds outside.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
For many, private school evokes images of elite academies, manicured campuses and plaid Catholic-school uniforms.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
For a lot of office workers—OK, mostly middle-aged male office workers—a manicured lawn is as much a status symbol as a luxury car in the driveway, writes Callum Borchers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
A gripping narrative that might change how you see alligators: Down in the manicured exurbs of Florida, what happens when someone spots an alligator next to their pool?
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2026
She flashed a blindingly white smile, as her manicured nails brushed a lock of relaxed hair behind her ear.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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She does much of the grocery shopping, helps with the cooking and has learned to use the riding lawn mower, manicuring the yard when Craig is busy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
The whacker whirred, manicuring a blanket of short-cropped grass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2023
Over the next few months, thousands of videos flooded the platform, with users setting the ethereal earworm to their own kooky dance moves, frying eggs and lawn manicuring.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2023
That changed in 1932 when Revlon launched what we now know as nail polish and opened this aspect of manicuring to the masses.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 27, 2021
He put the manicuring table in the front window and he plopped me right there and I worked in the window.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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