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shampoo

[sham-poo] / ʃæmˈpu /






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Due to food choice being limited at the larder, Matthew said he mainly used it for nappies, toilet roll, shampoo and some food for himself.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Soon I was using prescription shampoo, two topical serums, monthly steroid scalp injections, and a pricey red-light therapy cap that made me look like an alien.

From Slate May 23, 2026

A bottle of shampoo, cold medicine, a bouquet, a midnight snack, or even diapers can now arrive at an apartment door in roughly the time it takes to watch a sitcom.

From Barron's May 23, 2026

I’ve taken to bringing my own toiletries because who knows whether the body wash is body wash as labeled or shampoo in disguise.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

Since I can’t leave my bed, Mami has been spraying my hair with dry shampoo and I’ve been brushing it out.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar

He used shampoos promising to reverse hair loss.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 5, 2026

Companies that made the cosmetics, shampoos, and other beauty products sold to teens and tweens, though?

From Slate Oct. 1, 2025

Aluminium can manufacturer Ball, which already offers recyclable aluminium packaging for shampoos and lotions, has invested in Meadow and will offer the system to the big personal care brands it works with.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2025

While there's no regulation in the U.S. for what's in organic shampoos, they tend to contain ingredients perceived as safe or environmentally friendly.

From Science Daily Apr. 11, 2024

Lou Anne motions me closer, by the shampoos and detanglers.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

In the People story, Steve Doocy, 68, joked that his son had actually been hit by “a stork” and that George had arrived shortly after his son shampooed out any bird goo.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2025

Is it applied to the scalp prior to shampooing for a number of minutes, then shampooed out?

From Seattle Times Sep. 21, 2022

“We just took that time and I just shampooed and deep-cleaned everything,” Ford said.

From Washington Times Mar. 16, 2021

“When I shampooed her with it, she became a brown and slightly yellow-haired dog,” she wrote in her memoir.

From New York Times Apr. 21, 2018

His mother has shampooed the vermilion from her part.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Is it applied to the scalp prior to shampooing for a number of minutes, then shampooed out?

From Seattle Times Sep. 21, 2022

There are many examples of companies creating problems they then solve, from the marketing of cosmetics to the origin of women's razors to how shampooing more frequently came about.

From Salon Jun. 7, 2022

And on Day 3, she rides her exercise bike, then goes through a quick scrub-down without shampooing.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2022

She luxuriated in other children’s mothers shampooing her hair before a school show.

From New York Times Apr. 10, 2022

The wet-dog scent of shampooing going on in the back room.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold




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