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Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
Kitchen trash, vegetables, roach-spray cans, air fresheners, bathroom cleaners, a Russian Navy sailor’s cap, disposable gloves, water jugs, food packaging, juice bottles, men’s body-wash bottles—all had sloshed around in the strait and washed up on Alaskan shores.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Nonporous rubber mats can sometimes be scrubbed with a mold-killing cleaner (like diluted vinegar or hydrogen peroxide), thoroughly dried, and reused.
—Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2026
Other businesses that depend on Hollywood activity and expense accounts, like restaurants, hotels and dry cleaners, also suffered.
—Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 7 Jan. 2026
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Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
Kitchen trash, vegetables, roach-spray cans, air fresheners, bathroom cleaners, a Russian Navy sailor’s cap, disposable gloves, water jugs, food packaging, juice bottles, men’s body-wash bottles—all had sloshed around in the strait and washed up on Alaskan shores.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Nonporous rubber mats can sometimes be scrubbed with a mold-killing cleaner (like diluted vinegar or hydrogen peroxide), thoroughly dried, and reused.
—Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2026
Other businesses that depend on Hollywood activity and expense accounts, like restaurants, hotels and dry cleaners, also suffered.
—Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleaner
soap
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Priya Nair Hindustan Unilever (HUL), India’s most valuable consumer goods company (market cap $69 billion), which sells everything from soap to tea, named Priya Nair as its first female CEO and managing director last summer.—
Maggie McGrath,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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My father, tired from corning off rigs, would fill a large stainless steel bowl with dish soap at night.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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