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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

Young women say they were taught how to open a bank account in school, but not how to change a tampon or spot signs of cancer.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025

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

Around her dress, Taylor had constructed a makeshift bandolier out of airplane seat belts, a pink unicorn wallet, and a tampon carrying case.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

The detainees said an 8 oz. jar of Folgers instant coffee costs $18 at the California City facility, a single instant ramen soup is 75 cents and a box of 40 tampons costs nearly $21.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

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

“If I talk about tampons or menstrual cups or pads, suddenly it's my fault the guys don't do their homework?”

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

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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