latex
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He took the same relaxed view about his latex puppet in the satirical series, Spitting Image, which mocked his slight speech impediment and sprayed saliva when it spoke.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
He celebrated the affair wearing a spectacular getup largely sourced from Colombian fashion designer Adriana Kanal of KNL Style: padded, black-and-white wings over a latex vest, a fishnetted top and sky-high platform boots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Costs have been affected "across the board", including the price of condom material nitrile latex and natural rubber.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
A University of Michigan study suggests that the nitrile and latex gloves scientists commonly use could be causing microplastics levels to appear higher than they actually are.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 2026
They found the squirt bottle in the stairwell with traces of latex glove dust, no fingerprints.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
Short-wavelength radiation is scattered when the particle size becomes close to the radiation wavelength, making latexes with particle sizes larger than the incoming wavelengths difficult to produce.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2023
"The system could potentially be used in all areas where latexes are used, such as films, coatings, supports for diagnostics, and more," Lacôte says.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2023
As a result, for the first time, the team were able to use light to produce polystyrene latexes with particle sizes greater than one micrometer and with highly uniform diameters.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2023
In those days methods and formulæ were rather haphazard, especially in view of the fact that the daily variability of dry rubber content of latices was not then recognised.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan
They are: A. The Hot-Water Treatment.—This method has been in constant use on estates which have old trees giving rich latices.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan
But it may be believed that under ordinary weather conditions most latices are infected before reaching the factory.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan
Like the holy river of Virgil, to the souls who drink of him, Herrick offers 'securos latices.'
From A selection from the lyrical poems of Robert Herrick by Francis Turner Palgrave
Owing probably to variations in the composition of the latices, or to the extent of infection by organisms, coagulation may one day be complete and on other days less satisfactory.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan
