antiseptic
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Amid the rebuke, brands have recoiled back within the antiseptic neutrality where they’re most comfortable: irrelevant celebrity cameos, cheap millennial nostalgia, unmoored wistfulness for simpler days.
From Slate • Feb. 8, 2026
Though the sunshine of free speech remains the best antiseptic against poison, Mr. Carlson is more interested in the spotlight than serious debate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
But these once surefire hits have never been so limp and antiseptic.
From Salon • Jul. 7, 2025
They were all the same: tube lights flickering, the air thick with the stench of decay and antiseptic.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025
There was a first-aid kit at the bottom, and luckily it was still stocked with bandages and antiseptic wipes and Tylenol.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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