douche
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But he was also accused of being an “Instagram douche meets cult leader” and “Steve Jobs meets Jim Jones”.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2020
“We don’t like what we see now & sadly ppl still romanticize, venerate and imitate huge douche bags from the past. So calling it out is right.”
From Fox News ● Feb. 20, 2019
Indeed, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend that women do not douche, and that they allow the vagina to maintain its normal healthy population of protective microbial flora.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Those examples suggest that douche once referred, in some way, to a failure to conform to gender stereotypes.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2012
Or when he, all at once, hit on the plan of putting him into a warm bath, while he turned the cold douche on to him.
From The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne
Since the dawn of civilization it’s been the human race versus a few power-lord douches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
Black women also reported higher use of feminine hygiene products, like douches, which have been linked with higher levels of ortho-phthalates.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
“Vaginal pH is maintained by lactobacilli. Soaps, cleansers and douches will only hurt this bacteria, so they are all bad pH-wise,” Gunter wrote in a recent New York Times piece.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2020
From pink pills to help women with so-called hysteria, to vaginal douches to keep them "clean", the historical displays show how gynaecology has often been dominated by superstition and ignorance.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2018
Nasal douches are injurious and impair the protective ability of the mucous membrane.
From How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science by Fisher, Irving
Back in 1985, according to the National Survey of Family Growth, 37 percent of American women aged 15-44 regularly douched.
From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2011
Then she was douched with bicarbonate and bore four males, two females.
From Time Magazine Archive
I arose, douched my face in a large tub of water, and felt that my head was very much relieved.
From The Day of Wrath by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)
When the stagnant fluid is got rid of by laparotomy, the parts are immediately douched with lymph charged with protective substances, the bactericidal power of which may be many times that of the fluid displaced.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
The operation finished, the foot is again douched in an antiseptic solution, the wound mopped dry with carbolized tow, dressed with either of the dressings described on page 358, and finally bandaged.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton
I recently spoke to two colorectal surgeons for a previous question posed to this column about douching that required a rather intricate answer.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2019
Almost no one could be Joan Collins douching with diamonds, but you could see yourself as Grace Van Owen’s forever-lunching legal eagle.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 17, 2018
These days, douching seems as ancient as dial-up, with just 12 percent of women aged 18-44 using the feminine hygiene products.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2011
Lysol 10 drops Oil of Pine 15 drops Liquid Alboline 2 ounces Mix and make a solution, spray into the nose after douching.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
Treatment.—The slighter forms of injury by compression recover under massage, douching, and electricity.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
