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Her history of Kleenex tissues is a tour de force: We learn that the Kimberly-Clark Corp., which owns Kleenex, played on the fear that reusable handkerchiefs were essentially wads of tuberculosis germs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

They’re now showering him with pleasantries, well wishes, and wads of cash.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2024

Clark: Can they reach their backs with those wads of cash in their hands?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024

People who had never left Moldova before were returning from a few days in Russia with wads of notes.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024

Unknown persons stuffed wads of toilet paper down them to make them do this very thing.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood