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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

Parada Calderon said his family sends him about $100 per month to spend on commissary items, which he spends on packets of crackers, coffee, soups, soap, shampoo, deodorant and chips.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 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

Over the English Channel the sticky afternoon was as turquoise as Head and Shoulders shampoo.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

That leaves Unilever to focus on brands including Dove personal-care products, Nexxus shampoos and Olly vitamins.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 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

However, these "clean" shampoos separate and spoil faster than those made with synthetic stabilizers and preservatives.

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

For most people in the United States, it is normal to express that you like having your hair shampooed in a salon.

From New York Times Apr. 4, 2019

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

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

Age can also dictate your shampooing schedule, Alam said.

From Seattle Times Jun. 11, 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

And an à la carte menu of add-on services, like shampooing or blow-drying, so there was no hiding the ball on what you were getting or what you’d pay for it.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2021

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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