bristle

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To protect delicate hardwood, look for a model that lets you turn off the brush or has specially designed soft bristles.

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Those tiny wire bristles can break off, stick onto the grill, and wind up in your food, which winds up in your body, which winds up in the hospital.

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Scrub the outside of the shoes thoroughly, taking care to get the bristles into fabric sections to clear dirt out of the mesh.

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Her bristles about the press and her image don’t always lack merit.

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This Bissell carpet cleaner has a powerbrush that has ten rows of bristles designed to loosen dirt and odors in combination with a cleaning solution, before sucking them into a waste tank.

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You can also purchase different colors for different surfaces—the stuff red brushes work best for dingey garages and outdoor work, while the yellow bristles are better suited for bathroom tiles and porcelain.

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Conus imperialis venom contains two molecules that mimic bristle worm pheromones and can stimulate mating behaviors, researchers report March 12 in Science Advances.

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Vacuum cleaners for pet hair tend to have a combination of features that combine strong suction to draw fibers into the machine, and motorized brush heads with bristles that clean really deeply into carpets.

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If your carpet or rug is made of synthetic fibers like nylon, olefin, or polyester, or if you have a lot of floor traffic, you’ll need a carpet cleaner with aggressive bristles on the brush roll.

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Think of a blade as a toothbrush, with each individual bristle being a little bit of the edge.

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