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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

Those examples suggest that douche once referred, in some way, to a failure to conform to gender stereotypes.

From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2012

"Yes," she said, shivering under the cruel, heartless phrases of the letter as under a douche of cold water.

From Sophia A Romance by Stanley John Weyman

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

The apartment was fitted with a stove, benches, clothes-pegs, and curtains; and adjoining the salle de douches, or shower-bath room, was fitted up a salle de coiffure.

From The Illustrated War News, Number 15, Nov. 18, 1914 by Various

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

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

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

He swayed and turned them with his stream of talk, he douched them cold, he blew them warm, he startled them, and touched them.

From The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) by Bj?rnstjerne Bj?rnson

He had been douched daily, and calculated on such a force as he experienced.

From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd

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

In some cases, however, douches work better and the two best things for douching are: tincture of iodine and lactic acid.

From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by William J. Robinson