grooming

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A recent poll put the cost of a date, including gas prices and personal grooming, at $189, up from $165 in 2025.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Bonobos distributed their grooming time more evenly among group members, creating a more egalitarian social network.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

Trainor said the stigma against facial hair as unkempt and dirty is fading, calling it part of a broader trend of “greater informality in dress and grooming and speech.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

But recent updates indicate he is integrating with the other macaques - including being hugged by other monkeys and grooming them.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Only once was I successful, when I saw a distant Mushie and Ikwa lounging and grooming in the clearing of the burned-out house.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer