peroxide
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Hydrogen peroxide formed during this process can then be converted back into reactive oxygen species at the anode.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Crews spent days vacuuming the pool bottom after dumping gallon jugs of hydrogen peroxide into the water to abate the blooms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Officials have been using chemicals, including reportedly hydrogen peroxide, to clean a green algae bloom which has taken hold in the pool since it was re-filled following a paint job earlier this month.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
As workers scrambled to pump out murky water and dumped hydrogen peroxide into the pool, Trump took no responsibility for what many observers chalked up to shoddy workmanship.
From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026
I pour on peroxide till the whole line bubbles white.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
The altered enzyme can no longer insert itself into the membrane correctly, leaving lipid peroxides free to accumulate.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 9, 2025
Organic peroxides, which are highly flammable, are used in a variety of rubber products including golf ball cores.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2023
The ROSs and lipid peroxides then triggered intensive oxidative bursts, while the protons lowered the intracellular pH value, creating an unfavourable acidic microenvironment for the cancer cells.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2023
When ozone wafts into buildings, it reacts with limonene and similar molecules called monoterpenes, turning them into peroxides, alcohols, and other molecules that grow into airborne particles.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 24, 2022
Lead and manganese oxides may also be oxidized to peroxides by the action of oxygen, and in this event might act as very active catalyzing agents or carriers of oxygen.
From Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. Gardner
Puffy-faced and peroxided, Koepka finally admitted, “I’ll be honest: I can’t compete with these guys week in and week out.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2023
An earlier version of this review misidentified the film still of peroxided children shown in “R.R.R.E.D.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2018
Murray SawChuck, 38, a magician known for his spiky peroxided hair and a self-anointed role as “the Dennis the Menace of magic,” notes he is free in the evenings to attend other shows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2016
With his peroxided locks, heavy mascara and volatile sensitivity, his Jackson is a cross between punky rockers Billy Idol and Billie Joe Armstrong, with a dash of corrupt, rabble-rousing politico Huey Long thrown in.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2012
When it was Dad’s move, I’d steal looks at him in his button-down shirt, trying to remember the fast-fading picture of the guy with peroxided hair and a leather jacket.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
