sterile
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Just compare the girls’ cluttered digs with their pursuers’ sterile white suits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Don’t ask a soccer parent how they feel about spending weekends in sterile hotels for an endless parade of meaningless tournaments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The government was awarded £122m plus interest from PPE Medpro last year, after a court ruled the firm had breached a contract to supply sterile surgical gowns during the pandemic.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
The rooms are polished without feeling sterile, featuring plush beds, large bathrooms and spacious showers.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
People who ate their totems lost their teeth or went blind or became sterile or occasionally turned into the forbidden animal.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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