saline
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For hours, they were unconscious, neighbours later said - revived with water, then saline injections as the house filled with people and cries.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
It’s also a good idea to keep water or saline spray with you, as both can help remove pepper spray from the eyes.
From Slate • Jan. 23, 2026
The woman said in the suit that Rubin requested she replace her saline implants with silicone, since that was a sturdier material.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026
In this scenario, nematodes could have clung to feathers after birds visited saline lakes in South America and were then carried thousands of miles north.
From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026
Since she faces the saline spray, her copper skin has already turned green, but she wears it majestically, nobly.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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