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gel

[jel] / dʒɛl /












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Carter, who left in 2024, said it can take five years for a new school’s approach to gel.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Testosterone therapy can be delivered through the application of a daily gel, weekly home injections, twice-a-day pills or an implanted pellet.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

After the gel is placed on a tooth, it forms a thin but durable coating that penetrates the tooth's surface and fills small cracks, pores, and other damaged areas.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

Inside a climate-controlled chamber, a standard fridge is fitted with sensors and filled with gel blocks to measure how evenly it cools.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Pinpricks like fire ant bites run over my skin as the cold gel seeps around my body and into my ears.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Fuelled by McDonald's, pasta and energy gels to sustain her for 15 to 18 hours of running a day, Woods was supported along the course by husband George, friend Zoe and Nila the dog.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Young shoppers enamored with the “glass skin” look are snapping up serums, peels, gels and mists.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

Currently there are no hormonal contraceptives for men although some gels and pills are being tested.

From BBC Apr. 11, 2026

"However, since the role of gels has been largely overlooked, we wanted to synthesize scattered studies into a cohesive narrative that puts primitive gels at the forefront of the discussion."

From Science Daily Feb. 11, 2026

And now Mustafa practically lives in the bathroom, shaves, gels his hair, and drowns in cologne.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan

But he has gelled with them, while Piastri - so strong in the first half of last season - is struggling.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

The cast of the Sky show appear to have gelled well over its run.

From BBC May 17, 2026

“I can’t recall a group like that, that gelled so quickly, that I’ve ever worked on before. It was a really fast-clicking ensemble,” Laurie Metcalf says.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2026

But when she arrives at Iona’s apartment, Andie is shocked to see that a coiffed perm, light makeup, a sensible suit and a string of pearls have replaced her friend’s beehives and gelled spikes.

From Salon Feb. 28, 2026

His usually gelled chestnut-brown hair was fuzzy and unkempt.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

There’s a rhythm and a quality of engagement that I learned completely in the theater world that applied to the gelling and the cohesion of “Rooster” in all of the scenes.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

Farmhouses across the nation practically required at least one of the long-lived trees because of quinces’ natural pectin, an important gelling ingredient in preserves.

From Seattle Times Oct. 31, 2023

The gummy section covers various gelling agents like gelatin, agar agar, pectin and tapioca starch.

From Salon Sep. 17, 2022

We want to see goals, we want to see defending, great assists, the team really gelling together on the pitch.

From BBC Mar. 8, 2022

A method according to claim 1 wherein said gel 60 consists essentially of 1,2-butylene oxide and a gelling agent selected from the group consisting of SiO2, particulate carbon and aluminum octoate.

From U.S. Patent 4,293,314: Gelled Fuel-Air Explosive October 6, 1981. by Bertram O. Stull




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