disinfectant
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Reckitt Benckiser RKT -1.31%decrease; red down pointing triangle booked higher revenue last year, with the Lysol disinfectant maker’s sales boosted by progress in emerging markets as it continues efforts to engineer a turnaround.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
At 7:00 am, relatives brought packages: deodorant, toothpaste, soap and shampoo in labeled plastic bags, plus disinfectant and bleach -- provisions essential for maintaining hygiene in the latrines of tiny cells.
From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026
“Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and it’s time to shine a light on puppy mills,” Newsom said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
Mr Inch said the water was contaminated so they washed with a disinfectant and were concerned about becoming unwell.
From BBC • May 26, 2025
Everywhere, a soup of smells—the sticky sour odor of fresh blood, and also filthy clothes, sweat, oil, disinfectant, medical alcohol, and drifting above it all, the stink of gangrene.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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