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shampoo

[sham-poo] / ʃæmˈpu /






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Wall Street is fleeing tech for toothpaste and shampoo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

They did not find any drugs, but vipers, rattlesnakes and other species of snakes and lizards, including iguanas, hidden in shampoo and cream bottles, plastic containers and balls of socks.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The bus has a gas generator so clients can enjoy air conditioning on hot days, but there is no water for a shampoo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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

He shut off the water and began massaging shampoo into Jeff’s curly pelt.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

That leaves Unilever to focus on brands including Dove personal-care products, Nexxus shampoos and Olly vitamins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

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

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2025

Aluminium can manufacturer Ball, which already offers recyclable aluminium packaging for shampoos and lotions, has invested in Meadow and will offer the system to the big personal care brands it works with.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2025

I shower — admittedly it’s the moment I am looking forward to the most, when I get to test out the little shampoos and conditioners and liquid soaps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2024

Although the water had been turned off, Miss Lilian’s soaps and shampoos, her combs and brushes and towels, lay where she’d left them, dusty and cobwebbed but still usable.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

He spent three hours with a pet groomer, who shampooed a dog while Avi peppered her with questions about her schedule, her training and whether she likes her job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

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

“We just took that time and I just shampooed and deep-cleaned everything,” Ford said.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 16, 2021

“They always come home,” Mama said as she shampooed my hair for the fourth time.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

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

Drought conditions are so bad in Northern Italy that the mayor of the Italian town of Castenaso is fining salons that practice double shampooing.

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2022

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

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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