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toothbrush

[tooth-bruhsh] / ˈtuθˌbrʌʃ /


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Boots, sun cream, toothbrush: players on World Cup duty have plenty of essential items to remember.

From BBC Jun. 6, 2026

The hotel supplies a bath towel, hand towel, flimsy slippers and a disposable toothbrush and toothpaste.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 2026

There’s a joke in the special that references a purple toothbrush, but, and then there’s also a reference to my aura based on the fact that I’m cooking with shallots.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2026

To overcome these drawbacks, Xing, Wenhao Qian, Xuanyong Liu, Jiajun Qiu and their team developed a new compound that produces ROS only when triggered by the motion of an electric toothbrush.

From Science Daily Mar. 23, 2026

At close range, and with his choppers showing, I could see he hadn’t seen a toothbrush in quite some time, perhaps maybe never.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Volunteers organized the supplies — toothbrushes, baby wipes, instant soup and many other items — and loaded them into boxes, drawing hearts on the outside with magic marker.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Crucially, all specimens came from wild populations, meaning their tooth wear could not have been influenced by toothbrushes, soft drinks or processed foods.

From Science Daily Jun. 8, 2026

Khalid, Julia and Benjamin don't have passports, and they've had to pay for things like toothbrushes out of pocket while detained in a hotel in Malabo, the economic capital.

From Barron's Feb. 26, 2026

They had no access to bunks, bedding, soap, showers, toothbrushes, or clean clothes.

From Slate Dec. 20, 2025

In the war’, she went on, ‘the German spies used to sneak boxloads of loose-bristled toothbrushes into our shops and millions of our soldiers got appendicitis. ’

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl




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