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bathe

[beyth] / beɪð /


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A 10-day sojourn at the composer’s West Hollywood, Calif., home was congenial and productive, even though Auden reportedly declined to shower or bathe.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

As part of the process, Regis has recorded many of the day-to-day tasks they confront, including navigating Medicaid options and helping her wash and bathe.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

She also wants to add a water feature where birds and butterflies can bathe and sip, and she plans to plant more berries to attract more pollinators.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

A number of schools were also forced to close as SEW customers could not shower, bathe or flush their toilets.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2026

All she wanted to do was work, then bathe and sleep until it was time to work again.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Inspired by traditional Indian cooking and Southeast Asian flavors, this Food52 recipe bathes and simmers sautéed heads of romaine in a delicious mixture of gingery coconut milk, fresh lime juice and fish sauce.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2026

Gray clouds darken the sky, but Leutze bathes Washington in light, depicting him as an unflinching leader of a squad of men that purposely includes a Native American and a black man.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

It turns out Ashton Kutcher bathes on the regular after all, trend stories be damned.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 21, 2026

Pineal cysts symptoms can be caused if the cyst is big enough to obstruct the passage of cerebrospinal fluid - the fluid constantly produced by the brain, which bathes and supports it, he added.

From BBC Dec. 4, 2024

I don’t think Cletus bathes much, though he never exactly stinks.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant

We all know the story by now of the duo's first meeting almost 20 years ago, when a five-month-old Lamine Yamal was pictured being bathed by a 20-year-old Messi for a competition photoshoot.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Spain’s lineup features 19-year-old Lamine Yamal, who was photographed as a baby being bathed by Messi in a 2007 Unicef photoshoot.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

For decades, the U.S. has maintained a program in which these flies are bred in a lab, bathed in sterilizing radiation and released around Panama, which prevents the insect from creeping northward.

From Salon Jun. 30, 2026

The inquiry heard evidence from an Aboriginal community living near a navy base in New South Wales state, who bathed in and gathered food near rivers contaminated by firefighting foam.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

They tried to see into the hills about the town, but saw only the quiet countryside bathed in moonlight.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

The daily amount depends instead on the type of care, such as nursing care or home healthcare services such as bathing and dressing.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

The Environment Agency, the regulator which monitors water quality at bathing waters, rates bathing waters from "excellent" to "poor" based on bacteria found in water samples collected over a rolling four-year period.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

"They've even put obstacles in our way while we're trying to go around trying to save animals. I found 13 cats abandoned in one house who were bathing in their own faeces."

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Overall, sauna bathing produced only small changes in the average levels of cytokines circulating in the blood.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

Neither of them was armed, and one had a towel wrapped around his head like a turban, having just finished bathing.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline




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