sanitary
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Sanitary Commission was paid for by contributions from the public; it was also, at first, opposed by the hidebound Army Medical Department.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Sanitary and medical attention were also areas of concern noted in the inspection.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025
Another trending phrase that has caught on amid the blowback encapsulates the outrage: "Sanitary pads yield a centimetre; women yield for a lifetime."
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024
Geologic Survey has set up more than a dozen devices, including receivers in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, the Des Plaines and Illinois rivers in Illinois; and the Sandusky River in Ohio.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2023
Hugh's family was hobnobbing with chiefs and sultans while I ate hush puppies at the Sanitary Fish Market in Morehead City, a beach towel wrapped like a hijab around my head.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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Theodore Roosevelt on "New Nationalism" (1910)
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