scalp
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Don't forget your hairline and any partings to protect your scalp.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
For several weeks, I had an itchy bump on the back of my scalp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
PRP therapy, a buzzy treatment involving needle injections into the scalp, can be administered on a lunch break.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Finasteride works by targeting hormones involved in follicle shrinkage, while minoxidil is commonly used on the scalp to encourage growth.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 7, 2026
Pong rubbed his hand over his fuzzy scalp.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
There is no escape: Garbagemen find them in their shoes at night; or writhing in their arm hair; or embedded in their scalps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
In a recent study, researchers placed electrodes across the scalps of sedated patients, capturing their brain-wave data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
While a hat-trick against West Indies earlier this year added to the list of achievements, it is six scalps on debut that have gone down in Australian sporting legend.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025
Should he line up for his 140th Test in Perth, as expected, he can surpass Glenn McGrath to become the sixth-highest wicket-taker in history by claiming two more scalps.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025
Yesterday he had driven an elderly couple from Scotland, both with spotted faces and fluffy white hair so thin it exposed their sunburnt scalps.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
“In fact, the exhibitors set the price and, frankly, with tickets at Lincoln Square being scalped for $1,000, I think there’s room to move up the prices for a film.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
The pitted road surface was scalped by a 30-tonne machine planer and the debris swept out before a bitumen emulsion binder was sprayed ahead of the laying of fresh asphalt.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
“This worthy president,” retorted Biddle in 1834, “thinks that because he has scalped Indians and imprisoned judges, he is to have his way with the Bank. He is mistaken.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
Try telling that to a Depeche Mode follower whose only options for a Madison Square Garden show this month are scalped seats ranging from $302 to $1,220.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
“My father found it. I saw it when he showed it to the Scholars at Jordan College in Oxford. They’d scalped it, and all.”
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
On the scalping site StubHub, tickets for the BTS shows in Mexico are going for as much as $13,000.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
He also stood next to Trump in the White House last year as the president signed an executive order on ticket scalping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
“People were literally scalping for Thrillers tickets,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2025
During a tour, he will buy extra pit tickets with his own money and distribute them to the group at face value to combat scalping.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2023
“Now they’re even talking about passing a law to make ticket scalping illegal.”
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
