gargle

Were they having a gargle on the concourse as Achraf Hakimi - right-back one minute, left winger the next - was making us wonder how many of him were actually out there?

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

His mash-up feels fresh, just as the bombastic score by Juri Seppä and Tuomas Wäinölä boldly borrows Ennio Morricone’s soaring horns and wah-wah-waaah squawks while adding its own gargle of Finnish throat singing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

People swallow or gargle the brews to combat routine bacterial infections.

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2024

I’ve had hiccups several times since then and have discovered that a quick gargle with water absolutely stops them.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2023

The only slight drawback is that I’m one table over from Brij Nath and Matthew Weir, both of whom slurp cafeteria chili and gargle it in the back of their throats as a joke.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

Perplexity advised rest and fluids, while Claude also recommended zinc lozenges and saltwater gargles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026

“My preciousssssss,” Adam Heyes gargles in a high-pitched voice as he crouches on the linoleum checkerboard floor.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

Listen to how well the recording captures Mr. Hutcherson’s muted clangs and chiming overtones — along with the bleats, harrumphs and gargles of Mr. Dolphy’s bass clarinet, and the deep gravitas of Richard Davis’s bass.

From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2016

Rahm Emanuel gargles with soap every morning, but it doesn’t help.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2016

He brushes gently, methodically, then cups water into his mouth with his hands and gargles.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

I had just finished brushing my teeth and was about to gargle, so I went ahead and gargled.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2023

It found people who gargled and cleared their nose with a salt water solution reported fewer coughs, less congestion and seemed to recover quicker.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2020

It’s a fun, loose record stuffed with twisting and vibrating electronics that shifts tonally from pop-heavy melodies to erratic heavy clangs, as Smith’s voice wriggles around from gargled snarl to smoothed-out croon.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2020

So rancid did his night scenarios become that Seamie Ferris stumbled from the bed to the bathroom and gargled with Listerine.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 8, 2018

I’ve already brushed my teeth six times, gargled mouthwash, and googled How do you know if you have old-man breath.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

As I was gargling in the bathroom, she appeared at the doorway to snidely say, “Don’t drink it.”

From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2026

That mentality, that medical fear, gives way to home remedies like chicken noodle soup, gargling with salt water, taking a nap and, yes, sipping on the syrupy, high fructose, food-colored ginger ale.

From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2023

Much like gargling with salt water, nasal rinsing might help remove some virus and mucus from your body, while reducing the swelling that can cause congestion.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2022

State news reports have also advised gargling salt water to relieve symptoms.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2022

“Running backward, making applesauce, doing jumping jacks, gargling, blowing bubbles, slicing garlic, making a house out of playing cards, stringing popcorn, organizing furniture, drawing mazes, and making pinatas.”

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff