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gel

[jel] / dʒɛl /












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Carter, who left in 2024, said it can take five years for a new school’s approach to gel.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Testosterone therapy can be delivered through the application of a daily gel, weekly home injections, twice-a-day pills or an implanted pellet.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Dentists could apply the gel quickly using a process similar to the way fluoride treatments are administered today.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

An elderly cancer patient, unconscious at home, surrounded by her worried family, and a five-month-old baby who has been covered in shower gel by their autistic sibling.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

The gel becomes slightly thicker as I cross the living room.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

"I would much rather enjoy a coffee in the morning with friends or while I'm working rather than have one of the gels," she says.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

UV light is used for air purification, curing resins in 3D printing, hardening gels in dental fillings, and even applications such as nail treatments.

From Science Daily Jun. 26, 2026

Different gels and drinks will be offered to different players.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

Young shoppers enamored with the “glass skin” look are snapping up serums, peels, gels and mists.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

“They’ll also have energy gels for you at the water stops,” he told me.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

The older players had a good relationship with Robins, but when Lampard arrived the younger members - who grew up watching him play for Chelsea and Manchester City - gelled with him quickly.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2026

But when she arrives at Iona’s apartment, Andie is shocked to see that a coiffed perm, light makeup, a sensible suit and a string of pearls have replaced her friend’s beehives and gelled spikes.

From Salon Feb. 28, 2026

After treatment with dancing molecules, the gelled nanofiber scaffold reduced inflammation, shrank glial scarring, stimulated neurite extension, and encouraged neurons to grow in organized patterns.

From Science Daily Feb. 16, 2026

And his gelled hair spike will be covered with a beanie.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 17, 2026

Even if the big guy is actually a five-foot-three, flamboyantly dressed land developer with stupendously gelled hair.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

There’s a rhythm and a quality of engagement that I learned completely in the theater world that applied to the gelling and the cohesion of “Rooster” in all of the scenes.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

Farmhouses across the nation practically required at least one of the long-lived trees because of quinces’ natural pectin, an important gelling ingredient in preserves.

From Seattle Times Oct. 31, 2023

A theme of Rangers' pre- and early season matches has been one of a team still gelling.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2023

“There’s a lot of game left to play, and I don’t see anything gelling yet,” Mr. Kochel said.

From New York Times May 14, 2023

In the matter of showing the propensity for gelling into mischief these youngsters establish a record, but their escapades are generally of a harmless character and lead to nothing very serious.

From Held by Chinese Brigands by Herbert Strang




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