peroxide

For milder forms of face acne, dermatologists may recommend face washes or creams containing benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid or retinoids such as adapalene.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Blocking the enzyme causes hydrogen peroxide to accumulate inside the mitochondria of tumor cells, eventually triggering cell death.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

National Park Service crews dumped hydrogen peroxide into the water last week and then pieces of the new flooring started breaking loose as crews began vacuuming the pool floor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 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

I held her head while Mama cleaned her wounds with peroxide.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

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

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

To mark a change, she peroxided her hair.

From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2014

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