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shampoo

[sham-poo] / ʃæmˈpu /






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The maker of Crest toothpaste and Pantene shampoo also gave a soft outlook for the current fiscal year, forecasting profit and sales below Wall Street’s expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Detainees said shampoo and other hygiene items sometimes run out for days and that meals are small or exacerbate diabetes and other health issues.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Soon I was using prescription shampoo, two topical serums, monthly steroid scalp injections, and a pricey red-light therapy cap that made me look like an alien.

From Slate May 23, 2026

A bottle of shampoo, cold medicine, a bouquet, a midnight snack, or even diapers can now arrive at an apartment door in roughly the time it takes to watch a sitcom.

From Barron's May 23, 2026

She was so close I could smell the shampoo she used, as sweet as honeysuckle.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

He used shampoos promising to reverse hair loss.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 5, 2026

Companies that made the cosmetics, shampoos, and other beauty products sold to teens and tweens, though?

From Slate Oct. 1, 2025

“They depend on sales on the shop floor of shampoos and shower gels to actually pay for the medicines for the patients and that’s an unacceptable situation.“

From BBC Jun. 2, 2024

Previously, the researchers determined that VFD's intense micromixing could produce clean biodiesel from used cooking oil and homogenize raw milk, but they hadn't used the platform to process more goopy liquids, such as shampoos.

From Science Daily Apr. 11, 2024

She learned, from women who posted long instructions, to avoid shampoos with silicones, to use a leave-in conditioner on wet hair, to sleep in a satin scarf.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In the People story, Steve Doocy, 68, joked that his son had actually been hit by “a stork” and that George had arrived shortly after his son shampooed out any bird goo.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2025

Is it applied to the scalp prior to shampooing for a number of minutes, then shampooed out?

From Seattle Times Sep. 21, 2022

Last Thursday, she was finally able to schedule an appointment at the nursing home’s reopened beauty salon where she gets her hair shampooed and styled each week.

From Washington Times Apr. 18, 2021

When they were done, a cleaning crew shampooed the rug.

From New York Times Oct. 1, 2016

I shampooed and brushed, shampooed and combed until my scalp throbbed.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

If your hair or scalp are dry, you might limit shampooing to once or twice a week, Garshick added.

From Seattle Times Oct. 23, 2023

There are many examples of companies creating problems they then solve, from the marketing of cosmetics to the origin of women's razors to how shampooing more frequently came about.

From Salon Jun. 7, 2022

And on Day 3, she rides her exercise bike, then goes through a quick scrub-down without shampooing.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2022

With shampooing, the secret is less is more.

From New York Times Feb. 2, 2021

By the time we’re done shampooing, Mami has spilled soapy water all over the floor and the bed.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar




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