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Recent Examples of unguent
TikTok has its Get Ready With Mes, where influencers chat over their plethora of skin-nourishing unguents and artful makeup products.
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Constance Grady, Vox, 6 June 2024
Nevertheless, our ancestors had some inkling that different substances, when applied as ointments, unguents, or pastes, could protect or heal skin from a range of injuries, including sun damage.
—Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
But the notion of an alien worm producing its own mind-melting unguent doesn’t seem especially bonkers.
—Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2024
But the institutional gangrene to which Levin draws attention seems to me to go beyond what the unguents in our current chrismatories can heal.
—Michael Knox Beran, National Review, 6 Feb. 2020
The transition from handset juggernaut to invisible technological unguent was not without casualties.
—Natasha Frost, Quartz, 29 Oct. 2019
It should be noted that this soothing unguent is under some fire.
—Ross Kenneth Urken, Town & Country, 26 Sep. 2017
Constance Grady, Vox, 6 June 2024
Nevertheless, our ancestors had some inkling that different substances, when applied as ointments, unguents, or pastes, could protect or heal skin from a range of injuries, including sun damage.
—Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
But the notion of an alien worm producing its own mind-melting unguent doesn’t seem especially bonkers.
—Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2024
But the institutional gangrene to which Levin draws attention seems to me to go beyond what the unguents in our current chrismatories can heal.
—Michael Knox Beran, National Review, 6 Feb. 2020
The transition from handset juggernaut to invisible technological unguent was not without casualties.
—Natasha Frost, Quartz, 29 Oct. 2019
It should be noted that this soothing unguent is under some fire.
—Ross Kenneth Urken, Town & Country, 26 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unguent
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There’s one fly in this ointment of market serenity: Mr. Trump’s tariff proposals.Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2024
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Breast pumps and lactation supplies, such as pump accessories, nursing pads, milk storage bags and nipple cream/ointments.Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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The available colorways—including a muted forest green, cream, and simple black—are understated yet stylish.Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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Men's Grooming Kit Gift Set This four-piece gift includes a 4-ounce face wash, a 4-ounce beard and scruff cream, a 1.5-ounce beard oil, and a dry brush.Christina Shepherd McGuire, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2024
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For most of its decade-plus run, the reality competition baking show has been a television balm for anxious viewers.Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Chromatica, her 2020 album that represented a return to unabashedly hooky electro-pop, was released at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, and acted as a balm for pop fans during a difficult moment in the world.Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
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The candles can be bought in 8-ounce or 16-ounce jars, and many scents also are found in stores and online in wax melts, hand and body lotions, and linen sprays.The Courier-Journal, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
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This magnesium body lotion from Neom, $41 at Nordstrom, is scented with notes of English lavender, sweet basil and jasmine and packs a big magnesium punch to relax you.Nora Colomer, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Infused with squalane, glycerin, and aloe vera for hydration, the salve has an SPF of 45.Jenny Berg, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2024
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Alternatively, the versatile salve works on wet or dry hair to tamp down flyaways in a pinch.Jenny Berg, Allure, 23 Oct. 2024
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From tea towels, hats, and keychains to mugs, snacks, and horse liniment, there’s a little something for everyone.Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 30 Apr. 2024
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In his encyclopedic Naturalis Historia, the Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder suggests that urine might be used as a cure for gout or scorpion stings, or, when kneaded with ashes, a liniment for the bite of a mad dog.Justin Beal, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
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“Unguent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unguent. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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