washing
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Why washing your body once may no longer be good enough.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
The group also operated a museum dedicated to the crackdown and held events, including a yearly washing of the "Pillar of Shame" -- a statue to mourn victims.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Around 83% of respondents supported additional payments to help with cooking, 80% for budgeting, and 78% for washing.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Samantha Banner and her partner have been living without heating or hot water for most of her pregnancy, relying on washing in buckets filled with kettle-boiled water, camping showers, or travelling elsewhere.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
If I was washing out clothes in the basin or sharpening the point on my homemade knife when the ants appeared, I stopped The Hidi ng Place at once to give them my full attention.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
CXG’s environs were especially luxurious, complete with multicolored lights, aromatherapy and a warm foot bath, while Tou Dao Tang’s home-brewed, organic “tea bath” washings felt more down to earth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
When they couldn’t identify any known cold virus, they inoculated adult volunteers with extracts from the nasal washings to confirm that something in the samples caused colds.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 11, 2024
Do not let the stained fabric dry out between washings!
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2022
The best options are simple to open, a breeze to clean and hardy enough to stand up to repeated washings.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2020
Its frantic little banners seemed to be signaling distress now, on account of Mama Tataba’s vigorous washings in the river.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
