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But he was also accused of being an “Instagram douche meets cult leader” and “Steve Jobs meets Jim Jones”.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2020

“We don’t like what we see now & sadly ppl still romanticize, venerate and imitate huge douche bags from the past. So calling it out is right.”

From Fox News ● Feb. 20, 2019

Indeed, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend that women do not douche, and that they allow the vagina to maintain its normal healthy population of protective microbial flora.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Knowing how this show treats Avery, it also wouldn't surprise me if he went back into full douche mode and tried to put the moves on her.

From Slate ● May 3, 2013

Toward evening she was taken out again for half an hour's walk, and before she went to rest had a douche or a swim in the river.

From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various

Since the dawn of civilization it’s been the human race versus a few power-lord douches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024

Black women also reported higher use of feminine hygiene products, like douches, which have been linked with higher levels of ortho-phthalates.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023

“Vaginal pH is maintained by lactobacilli. Soaps, cleansers and douches will only hurt this bacteria, so they are all bad pH-wise,” Gunter wrote in a recent New York Times piece.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2020

From pink pills to help women with so-called hysteria, to vaginal douches to keep them "clean", the historical displays show how gynaecology has often been dominated by superstition and ignorance.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2018

Some firms, however, prepare their corks by subjecting them to cold water douches a day or two beforehand.

From Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines by Henry Vizetelly

Back in 1985, according to the National Survey of Family Growth, 37 percent of American women aged 15-44 regularly douched.

From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2011

Then she was douched with bicarbonate and bore four males, two females.

From Time Magazine Archive

And yet she had not douched the flame of defiance which she had felt burning within her on the night of Pimpernel Schley's first appearance on the London stage.

From The Woman with the Fan by Robert Smythe Hichens

Norah gasped again, with a sensation as if a pail of water had been suddenly douched over her head.

From What a Man Wills by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

At that instant the back of Severance's head was coldly douched.

From Vision House by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

I recently spoke to two colorectal surgeons for a previous question posed to this column about douching that required a rather intricate answer.

From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2019

Almost no one could be Joan Collins douching with diamonds, but you could see yourself as Grace Van Owen’s forever-lunching legal eagle.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 17, 2018

These days, douching seems as ancient as dial-up, with just 12 percent of women aged 18-44 using the feminine hygiene products.

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2011

Lysol 10 drops       Oil of Pine 15 drops       Liquid Alboline 2 ounces Mix and make a solution, spray into the nose after douching.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter

Oftentimes the douching of the nostrils with salt water will stop a cold at once.

From Civics and Health by William H. Allen