detergent
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We continue to live among gasoline, plastic, detergent, coffee, shampoo, exhaust fumes, fried food and synthetic fragrances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
In Kawasaki, on the southern outskirts of Tokyo, hundreds of machines at a venue operated by the specialist chain Benex are filled with bottles of soda, bags of sweets, and detergent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
She hired her house manager to allow her room for joy and to be fully present with her 6-year-old daughter instead of worrying about whether they were running low on laundry detergent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
And even as algae consumes that phosphorus, it is being topped up in the water by agriculture, wastewater, un-maintained septic tanks, industry and every household in the catchment that puts phosphorus-containing detergent into the system.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Mo’s quilt was cold when she crept under it, and the pillow didn’t yet smell of him either, only of laundry detergent.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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The end-of-summer networking bonanza was organised by 20 business groups representing everything from cars to clean energy, digital to detergents.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
In those studies, the researchers developed approaches for converting other types of plastic waste into surfactants used in products such as soaps and detergents.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
Petroleum is also used to make detergents that help toothpaste foam and synthetics that improve shelf life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
As well as clothing and shoes, the cupboard also stocks personal hygiene products and laundry detergents.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
The most frequently repeated messages will be station call signals and appeals to purchase detergents, deodorants, headache tablets, and automobile and petroleum products.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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