ointment
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But even here there is a fly in the ointment, since consumer staples is a defensive sector that tends to produce its best relative performance when the market is about to decline.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
The rare items, which have been loaned by the Royal Navy Museum, include a bowl and dinner plate, a boot and belt buckle and an ointment pot.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Some families are also rejecting the eye ointment.
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
The human-headed fly in the ointment is the island itself, which is a supernatural smorgasbord, mostly quiet but waking up just in time to meet the visitors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
Around her, bottles of medicine, jars of ointment, and half-mended sails lined the walls.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
New research from Nagoya University in Japan has identified a previously overlooked risk associated with widely used eye ointments.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 16, 2026
The investment is meant in part to help the company respond to a surge in the number of medications that require more complicated logistics handling than traditional pills, cough syrups and topical ointments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
The family obtained Metanium on prescription after a range of other ointments proved unsatisfactory, but their supply is almost exhausted.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2025
“Creams and ointments are always better than lotions, things out of jars are always better than things out of a pump bottle.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025
He spent his money on herbs and plant roots and oils to make things like ointments for burns and cuts.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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"Be Prepared" by Vera Brosgol
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