water-resistant
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WSJ | Buy Side: Keep your body protected from the sun with these expert-approved, water-resistant sunscreens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Early in the process, Quezon, a historian and grandson of a former Philippine president, learned to his dismay that the local hardwood and water-resistant species used to build the galleons had long been wiped out.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
The substances have incredibly strong bonds which giving them properties such as being water-resistant and oil-resistant and they are cheap to manufacture.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
The process resembles natural strategies seen in diving bell spiders, which carry air bubbles underwater, and in fire ants, which form floating rafts using their water-resistant bodies.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 30, 2026
The structure of certain pigments is such that when they are ground in linseed oil and painted out, films are produced which are very water-resistant.
From Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. Gardner
