tampon
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I got my period and asked a woman in the train station for a tampon.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2024
It's childish and weird to act like even looking at a tampon box will emasculate you.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2024
One consumer study conducted in 2022 found that out of 23 tampon brands lab tested, 22% contained indications of PFAS.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
Lara's currently on one-to-one observations for her own safety, which means someone has to escort her to the toilet and watch her change a pad or tampon.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2023
Thinking of this reminds me of Charlie and the day I had to change my tampon while we were hiking Big Blue—the six-mile-long extension of the blue trail.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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It didn’t work: By early this year many sections of the bridge were littered with locks and other rubbish, including unused tampons, a foot influencer’s single sock and a pill bottle with a Hungarian label.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Some may ask for menstrual hygiene products, like pads and tampons.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2026
A zero rate of VAT on tampons and other sanitary products was introduced by the UK government in 2021.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2025
These chemicals can help make the material in tampons and pads more absorbent, but advocates argue they can be replaced by safer substances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024
Before we leave, we stop by CVS, and I pick up tampons.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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The trachea must be divided and tamponed by a Trendelenburg canula, after which the larynx must be carefully dissected out.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
The after-treatment consists in tamponing the wound with pledgets of iodoform gauze or a mixture of iodoform 1 part and glycerin 4 parts.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry