swab
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Why do we swab the arm with alcohol before injecting the drugs to kill them?
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
The kit contains a swab which is used to collect a sample at home before it is posted off for testing free of charge.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Most snakes were captured alive so scientists could swab their skin and collect blood samples before release.
From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026
For $249, patients can order the test and mail in a swab, and after a few weeks they receive a GLP-1 “effectiveness score.”
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
At first it was from the shots they gave us for typhoid, in very heavy doses and in assembly- line fashion: swab, jab, swab, Move along now, swab, jab, swab, Keep it moving.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
Nonprofit SecureBio monitors wastewater and nasal swabs to deter biological attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Researchers studied ice collected from the mummy's surface, meltwater from inside the body, and material gathered with numerous swabs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
To avoid contamination, Dana puts on a face shield and opens the kit, which is a rectangle-shaped box that contains items like paper bags to store evidence and swabs for collecting biological samples.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
This approach revealed genetic material from PRV in archived throat swabs.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026
He took out all the bandages and swabs and put them in an old mug from the kitchen.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
Thirty minutes later, researchers collected another set of plaque samples, this time from teeth that had not been swabbed earlier.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
He said: "Bat boxes and other known roost sites were swabbed to collect eDNA samples, revealing the presence of the rare migrant bat."
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Tamasi swabbed for DNA samples in Spivey’s truck—door handles and such.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Officials swabbed his cheek to obtain DNA, and then moved him to Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026
He held up the head while Billy swabbed out the wound with weak carbolic acid salve.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
Inside, women are dabbing moisturizers, sampling eye shadows and swabbing lipsticks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
But immediately after the crash, investigators carried out the meticulous process of swabbing the interior of the VW Polo for any forensic samples that could link the driver to that seat.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
They also conduct their own in-house testing, which can include extensive swabbing of surfaces, raw ingredients, finished products and areas where listeria is known to thrive, such as floor drains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
Iwasaki cautioned against the idea that people swabbing their noses with Neosporin will be a cure-all in the future.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2024
The innkeeper is collecting empty cups and swabbing the tables.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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