skin
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These products emphasize “not stripping the skin barrier, not being too harsh—and then also combining the sensorial experience,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Viral social media posts claim peptides can offer a range of seemingly miraculous benefits including glowing skin, stronger muscles, deeper sleep, a more alert mind -- and even provide an avenue to prevent ageing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Achim said doctors have told him he is missing some tissue and skin and he will need skin grafts.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
According to the company website, the glove is designed to disrupt sensory nerves without puncturing or burning the skin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
His skin is obsidian dark; his clothes duller, more ash.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Peeling produces a slightly cleaner finished syrup, but because the mixture will eventually be strained, leaving the skins on works perfectly well.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Because the skins retain biological material, parchment can preserve genetic clues alongside the words written on its surface.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
After living inside these characters’ skins for so many years, what’s it like to be done playing them?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The skins contain natural oils, and garments not kept in a temperature-controlled environment -- ideally off-season in cold vaults -- can dry out and disintegrate.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
One of the gardeners passed me with a barrow full of bits of paper, and litter, and the skins of fruit left on the lawns by the people last night.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
With the help of neighbors, he skinned it, securing enough meat for the entire settlement for several days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
It was her husband returning from the day's hunt, a large plastic bag in hand containing a skinned seal.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
A magnificent hummus, silky from skinned chickpeas, can stand alone in its glory.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025
In the last round of this competition, he skinned Sam Prendergast for an astonishing try in a tremendous victory.
From BBC ● May 24, 2025
He's dark skinned, brown eyes, low haircut, full beard, earrings in both ears, no tattoos, average height, average weight, average dude.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
I don’t actually know what a Nappa is, but clearly Genesis is skinning the good kind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
Recurring themes are everywhere - Daizen Maeda skinning James Tavernier, Kyogo Furuhashi outfoxing Rangers defenders at one end and Cameron Carter-Vickers bringing authority at the other.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024
I decided to relisten to the audiobook recently because my friend June Leaf reminded me about the skinning part.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2024
That suggests use as a trophy or lion-skin rug, rather than a simple byproduct of skinning the animal for food.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 11, 2023
Alyce asked the kitchen maid skinning a pig in the manor yard, the laundress boiling great kettles of goose fat for soap, the carpenters fashioning a coffin for Old Ned, who had died that morning.
From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
