pomade
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She opened Josh’s pomade and blew a snot booger into it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
Because bathing kiwis in a dressing tames their fuzz, just like pomade smooths frizzed hair on a humid day.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2021
I would think it’s a topical product, like a pomade or a tinted gel that got really … gooey.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2020
That prison soap must be suffused with argan oil – either that or Robbins’ scalp secretes pomade, given his lustrous locks are more solid than those securing the cell doors.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2020
Harry looked handsome and reeked of the competing scents of lavender pomade and bay rum toilet water.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
They walk the streets pomaded, braided, wearing strangely arranged hairdos meant to call attention to themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
A bantam alpha, gut sucked into his chest, shoulders padded out like a linebacker, hair center-parted and pomaded back; the little creep who makes nothing but takes a fee on it anyway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2020
Our hair is pomaded with sweat and stone dust.
From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2019
Stefano, 9, is rocker-ready with his hair dyed red and pomaded up into a Mohawk.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2018
Nearing the finish line for the penultimate time, Louie fixed his eyes on the gleaming head of the pomaded competitor, who was many runners ahead.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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