manicure
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Her kitchen, with its high-end tools and appliances, is as immaculate as her manicure.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
In Mytishchi, manicure salon owner Zhanna has recently had to move into a shared studio, unable to afford the rent on her own premises.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
"It sounded like the service would be catering to the ultra-rich woman who's just got a manicure and doesn't want her nails spoiled," said labour rights activist and sociologist Akriti Bhatia.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
"Our final, clear polish could be put over any manicure or even bare nails, which could help people with calluses on their fingertips, too. So, it has both a cosmetic and lifestyle benefit," explains Desai.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026
I brush my teeth, curl my hair, manicure my nails and dab peroxide on my upper lip to bleach the black hairs—all this in less than half an hour.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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Groupon, best known for its deep discounts on local services from meals to manicures, is finding traction with a whole new audience thanks to its blind deals on vacations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Passengers can pay to get access to massages and manicures as well as chef-prepared meals while they wait to board.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
This is challenging for users with long manicures or zombie fingers.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026
She also spent money on manicures, tanning sessions and trips to a private Harley Street dentist.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
And somewhere deep down inside, even though it may seem hopeless now, I know I’ll still long for a day when Mama and I could do pedicures and facials and manicures together.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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Unlike Wimbledon’s manicured restraint or the French Open’s Parisian chic, New York has long offered something more unruly, with night tennis, celebrity, noise and spectators willing to make themselves part of the show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The estate that Jackie Keller fought the government to keep is not a grand mansion with manicured lawns, or anything that could be used as a set for HBO’s show “The Gilded Age.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
A bizarre hodgepodge of retrograde machismo and perfectly manicured nails.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
For many, private school evokes images of elite academies, manicured campuses and plaid Catholic-school uniforms.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
He was thin, five foot nine at most, with a carefully manicured mustache.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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The whacker whirred, manicuring a blanket of short-cropped grass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2023
There’s an unreconcilable tension in a film that aims to celebrate the unpredictability of life while manicuring every last prop and casual aside for maximum resonance.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
That changed in 1932 when Revlon launched what we now know as nail polish and opened this aspect of manicuring to the masses.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 27, 2021
By the style of her hair, and by the manicuring of her eyebrows, we know that she is a figure of recent human history.
From The New Yorker ● May 14, 2019
He used to work in the garden every weekend, kneeling on a green rubber pad, obsessively inspecting every leaf as if he were manicuring fingernails.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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