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Her mother, Koushila, had first taken her to a doctor, who prescribed an ointment.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

But even here there is a fly in the ointment, since consumer staples is a defensive sector that tends to produce its best relative performance when the market is about to decline.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

Back then, “parents would just keep quiet and apply ointment to our wounds,” Morishita said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

The vitamin K shot is one of the three main interventions, along with the hepatitis B vaccine and an antibiotic ointment in the eyes, that newborns typically receive before leaving the hospital.

From Salon ● May 7, 2026

District 13 confiscated my tube of skin ointment for use in the hospital, and my bow and arrows because only guards have clearance to carry weapons.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

Little wonder, then, that many patients preferred the services of women healers, or would take a risk on “quacks”—traveling salesmen selling ointments from town to town—rather than risk a visit to a hospital.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

The study shows that petrolatum-based eye ointments can cause a popular glaucoma implant to swell and, in some cases, rupture.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 16, 2026

The family obtained Metanium on prescription after a range of other ointments proved unsatisfactory, but their supply is almost exhausted.

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2025

“Creams and ointments are always better than lotions, things out of jars are always better than things out of a pump bottle,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025

With fumbling hands, the old man lit a candle and carried it to the workroom beneath the rookery stair, where his ointments, potions, and medicines stood neatly on their shelves.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin