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But he was also accused of being an “Instagram douche meets cult leader” and “Steve Jobs meets Jim Jones”.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2020

“We don’t like what we see now & sadly ppl still romanticize, venerate and imitate huge douche bags from the past. So calling it out is right.”

From Fox News ● Feb. 20, 2019

Indeed, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend that women do not douche, and that they allow the vagina to maintain its normal healthy population of protective microbial flora.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Particularly older generations and minority women—that 2006 study found that 27 percent of African-American women and 15 percent of Hispanic women regularly douche, as compared to only 9 percent of white women.

From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2011

So in place of the charming sweetness Morford had learned to expect from Judith, he received a cold douche of listlessness and indifference.

From Throckmorton by Seawell, Molly Elliot

Since the dawn of civilization it’s been the human race versus a few power-lord douches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024

Black women also reported higher use of feminine hygiene products, like douches, which have been linked with higher levels of ortho-phthalates.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023

“Vaginal pH is maintained by lactobacilli. Soaps, cleansers and douches will only hurt this bacteria, so they are all bad pH-wise,” Gunter wrote in a recent New York Times piece.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2020

From pink pills to help women with so-called hysteria, to vaginal douches to keep them "clean", the historical displays show how gynaecology has often been dominated by superstition and ignorance.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2018

Cold-water douches should be used once or twice a day, followed by cold-water bandages, until the fever has subsided and the soreness is largely removed, when a blister is to be applied.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Back in 1985, according to the National Survey of Family Growth, 37 percent of American women aged 15-44 regularly douched.

From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2011

Then she was douched with bicarbonate and bore four males, two females.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Come along, Tony, boy; we shall never wake up till we have douched ourselves with water.”

From A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)

When the stagnant fluid is got rid of by laparotomy, the parts are immediately douched with lymph charged with protective substances, the bactericidal power of which may be many times that of the fluid displaced.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

He had been douched daily, and calculated on such a force as he experienced.

From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison

I recently spoke to two colorectal surgeons for a previous question posed to this column about douching that required a rather intricate answer.

From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2019

Almost no one could be Joan Collins douching with diamonds, but you could see yourself as Grace Van Owen’s forever-lunching legal eagle.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 17, 2018

These days, douching seems as ancient as dial-up, with just 12 percent of women aged 18-44 using the feminine hygiene products.

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2011

Syringe.—The ordinary enema is not a particularly suitable appliance for the purpose of douching.

From Safe Marriage A Return to Sanity by Lane, William Arbuthnot

Constitutional measures, massage, and douching should be employed, and the tendon should be protected from strain.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis