tanning

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Residents and tourists who were out shopping or tanning on the beach of this gleaming business hub of the United Arab Emirates watched with curiosity as missiles were intercepted above them like loud, daytime fireworks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Other online adverts we saw suggested the health risks of sunbeds were exaggerated or they promoted tanning sessions as safe or low risk.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

Yet the WHO has put tanning beds in the highest cancer-risk category alongside smoking, asbestos and alcohol.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

It is commonly used as a preservative, an antibacterial agent, and in leather tanning.

From Science Daily • Feb. 3, 2026

Gasoline was rationed, and the lines of automobiles could last two days and a night, constricting the city like a gigantic motionless boa tanning itself in the sun.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende