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shampoo

[sham-poo] / ʃæmˈpu /






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Janice Sedgwick, a volunteer at the charity's Guildford branch, said needed items were things like "toothbrushes, toothpaste, shower gel, shampoo, sanitary pads and laundry detergent".

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The bus has a gas generator so clients can enjoy air conditioning on hot days, but there is no water for a shampoo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Among other things, we focused on products outside our core categories—like shampoo, conditioner, laundry detergent and dryer sheets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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

‘Just reach me that shampoo bottle over there and be on your way.’

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

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

“They depend on sales on the shop floor of shampoos and shower gels to actually pay for the medicines for the patients and that’s an unacceptable situation.“

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2024

Previously, the researchers determined that VFD's intense micromixing could produce clean biodiesel from used cooking oil and homogenize raw milk, but they hadn't used the platform to process more goopy liquids, such as shampoos.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 11, 2024

“And there were three different shampoos on the shelf, which seemed odd considering there were only two different girls using that bathroom. Someone had used a marker to label one of the shampoos ‘C-H-A-R-period.’

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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

If a light bulb is out or the carpet needs to be shampooed, she puts in a work order.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2017

I shampooed and brushed, shampooed and combed until my scalp throbbed.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

Aside from the occasional subconscious scritch-scratch or vigorous shampooing, it’s kind of just … there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2024

If your hair or scalp are dry, you might limit shampooing to once or twice a week, Garshick added.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2023

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

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

From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2022

For a while she simply stands there before tending to the shampooing of her hair, the soaping of her softening, slightly shrinking fifty-three-year-old body, which she must fortify each morning with calcium pills.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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