scalp
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Sure, all things considered, I’d rather have a small bump sliced off my scalp than have my anal glands expressed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
In the case of Polygonum multiflorum, centuries of use are now being examined through the lens of hormone biology, cell survival, growth signaling, and scalp circulation.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 7, 2026
Inside, there are stations of SPF lotions, rows of toner pads and scanners that purport to analyze skin and scalp health.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 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
She had spent the night imagining what she would do in Lexie’s situation, every time feeling that flash of panic surge through her again from her scalp to the soles of her feet.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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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
In a recent study, researchers placed electrodes across the scalps of sedated patients, capturing their brain-wave data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
They claimed some impressive scalps along the way - beating Manchester City and Atletico Madrid in the league phase before winning both legs against last season's finalists Inter Milan in the knockout play-offs.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
Fearless American Jovic was in the last eight of a Grand Slam for the first time and claimed some notable scalps on the way to announce herself to the world.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
There now appeared in front of me row upon row of bald female heads, a sea of naked scalps, every one of them red and itchy-looking from being rubbed by the linings of the wigs.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
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“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
The pitted road surface was scalped by a 30-tonne machine planer and the debris swept out before a bitumen emulsion binder was sprayed ahead of the laying of fresh asphalt.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 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
The final showing was so popular that tickets were scalped, and the film won the festival’s first-ever audience award.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2019
But I was no longer a boxing fan, since that incident years ago, so when Uncle Pietrus, a boxing fanatic, obtained two scalped tickets and invited me along, I refused.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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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
The events have sparked a conversation around ticket scalping in India, where people use bots or automation tools to bypass queues and purchase multiple tickets to sell on reselling platforms.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2024
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
Tell everybody, when you write your story, that they’re scalping our souls out here.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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