massage
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She is also calling for colleges to introduce a separate safety module covering appropriate massage techniques for male clients, red flags to look out for and what to do if a situation becomes unsafe.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
That led him to attend massage school — not to start a career as a massage therapist, he said, but to learn how to give back to others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Netball flourished alongside hockey, tennis, cricket, cycling, swimming and dancing, while students were taught anatomy, physiology and hygiene, theory of movement, massage and medicine gymnastics.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The highest percentage of failed programs is expected to be undergraduate certificates, especially for cosmetology, massage therapy and film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
“If there were some way he could save face,” she began; and before she knew what she was doing, she had removed her hand from Old Chao’s, that she might massage her brow.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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I have watched videos of people doing cold plunges, giving themselves ear massages and contorting themselves into impossible stretches all in the name of fixing dysregulation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
However, in February whistleblowing retired civil servants told the BBC that Mountbatten-Windsor charged taxpayers for excessive travel costs and massages while working in the UK trade envoy role.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
This year, attendees can sign up for free massages, red light therapy sessions, lymphatic drainage boots, and—thanks in part to a partnership with LEGO—partake in a series of analog “adult play” installations.
From Slate ● May 8, 2026
We wrote about Aescape when it debuted at Pause, a wellness center in Studio City — it performs a 3D scan of your body to deliver custom robot massages.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
He massages his fingers, crisscrossed with welts from the leather straps of the bag.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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It features whole leaves of romaine lettuce massaged by hand with a dressing of fresh garlic, lime, Worcestershire, soft-poached eggs and Cantabrian anchovies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The filler is then massaged to give an even look, which the patient continues as home.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Petty crimes dropped, as did homicides, according to official data, though some disputed the data as possibly massaged to benefit authorities.
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
The goal is capital gain, and there’s nothing and no one that can’t be quite literally massaged in the pursuit of that target.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026
She’d massaged the cream onto his own feet once, the day they’d walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, causing them to tingle and go cold.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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Chen began by massaging my scalp for about 10 minutes, as I tried not to fall asleep.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
"This is the Zygopush," Marvin tells me, while pressing his thumbs directly under his cheekbones and massaging upwards towards his ears in an attempt to hollow out his cheeks.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
The team says turkey meat is so thick it requires massaging to ensure the jerk seasonings are properly integrated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
When you’re wringing billions of dollars in profits out of the sickly, you’ve got to put some money into massaging public opinion.
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2025
“Oh hurry up,” Ron moaned, massaging his stomach.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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