sweat
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While the potential for score-settling makes job applicants sweat, it isn’t as if people are constantly backstabbing one another.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
He said he is so honest, “I practically sweat holy water.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
It spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person, including sweat, saliva, blood, semen, excrement, urine and vomit.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Many residents hide sick relatives from health workers, inadvertently infecting themselves through contact with the sweat and blood of the ill.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
She uses the back of her hand to wipe sweat from her brow.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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