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tampon

[tam-pon] / ˈtæm pɒn /




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Kimberly-Clark won EU approval for its $40 billion bid for Kenvue after offering to divest its tampon and feminine hygiene brands in Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

I got my period and asked a woman in the train station for a tampon.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2024

It's childish and weird to act like even looking at a tampon box will emasculate you.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2024

Papan said there is no cost associated with the bill and that it could generate funding for the state by collecting fines from tampon producers found in violation of the new law.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024

A few weeks later, Izzy had been digging through her bag, desperately looking for a tampon, when Deja had discreetly leaned across the aisle and extended a folded hand.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

It didn’t work: By early this year many sections of the bridge were littered with locks and other rubbish, including unused tampons, a foot influencer’s single sock and a pill bottle with a Hungarian label.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

Some may ask for menstrual hygiene products, like pads and tampons.

From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2026

For many of us, our first lessons about periods were brief and practical, often limited to learning how to use pads or tampons.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025

A zero rate of VAT on tampons and other sanitary products was introduced by the UK government in 2021.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2025

Things that are the norm in the States, like tampons, were new to my mom.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

The trachea must be divided and tamponed by a Trendelenburg canula, after which the larynx must be carefully dissected out.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell

The after-treatment consists in tamponing the wound with pledgets of iodoform gauze or a mixture of iodoform 1 part and glycerin 4 parts.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry


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