scalp
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PRP therapy, a buzzy treatment involving needle injections into the scalp, can be administered on a lunch break.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
The herb may also improve blood flow to the scalp.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 7, 2026
The hair closest to the scalp will cover the most recent month, the next centimetre the next month, and so on.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
His uniform and scalp were lined with glistening rivulets of oil, water, soot and sweat.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
“And we have a matching set,” George told Sue, parting his hair to reveal the scars Nanuq’s claws had left on his scalp.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
There is no escape: Garbagemen find them in their shoes at night; or writhing in their arm hair; or embedded in their scalps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
State laws restricting private-equity involvement in the medical sector have taken their first scalps, as authorities signal an aggressive approach to enforcement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
"They have taken some big scalps, teams do not take them lightly and it was a brilliant performance."
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
Four former Peruvian presidents, including one who committed suicide, became embroiled in the same case that has claimed numerous corporate and political scalps.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
She rubbed the water into our scalps, behind our ears, under our arms, then sent us to chase one another in the slippery mud.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
“In fact, the exhibitors set the price and, frankly, with tickets at Lincoln Square being scalped for $1,000, I think there’s room to move up the prices for a film.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
"Spain scalped France - they flattened France," said former Premier League champion Chris Sutton, who was at the game for BBC Radio 5 Live.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
“This worthy president,” retorted Biddle in 1834, “thinks that because he has scalped Indians and imprisoned judges, he is to have his way with the Bank. He is mistaken.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
Carnegie tickets are being scalped for as much as $850.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2024
The lords clasped their bare heads as if they'd been scalped.
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
On the scalping site StubHub, tickets for the BTS shows in Mexico are going for as much as $13,000.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
Washington’s intention to wage a humane and gentlemanly war for American independence was subsumed by proliferating mayhem, especially on the remote frontiers, where practices such as scalping were well established.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
But there are significant environmental issues involved in scalping eastern Nevada’s mountainous public lands of century-old trees standing 15 to 20 feet tall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
During a tour, he will buy extra pit tickets with his own money and distribute them to the group at face value to combat scalping.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2023
Tell everybody, when you write your story, that they’re scalping our souls out here.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
