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Recent Examples of unguentEmbalmers had different recipes for preparing and preserving bodies depending on the era; the budget; the level of nobility and gender of the deceased; and the availability of ingredients such as plant resins, oils and other unguents that could preserve and perfume the remains.—Sarah Everts, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025 The first was molecules from embalming ingredients such as oils, waxes and unguents.—Sarah Everts, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025 TikTok has its Get Ready With Mes, where influencers chat over their plethora of skin-nourishing unguents and artful makeup products.—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
The source of all the trouble was a medication called betamethasone, which Baffert has steadfastly argued was administered in an ointment for a rash on Medina Spirit’s hindquarters.
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John Cherwa,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2025
That said, there is one practical fly in the judicial ointment of this case.
Jesse's asparagus and endive salad with the Comté cream.
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Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Apr. 2025
Most Popular Ice cream recalled for listeria risk accused of killing Baltimore County newborn in $30M suit
Which Marylanders donated to Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration?
After Mary was arrested, Michelle and Kaj bought her items from the commissary online: a tube of cocoa-butter lotion, a pack of playing cards, some Kraft jalapeño spread, a flour tortilla, and a pair of reading glasses.
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Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
Crafted from lightweight, sturdy beechwood, this pro-kneading, lymphatic-draining tool is designed with soft, rounded edges that make for comfy gliding across your skin (go ahead and pair it with a serum or lotion for extra slip).
The product was thoughtfully developed, too: according to the brand, whipping up a salve that addresses 10 hair concerns took just as many years of research.
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Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
26 Apr. 2025
With every remaining survivor who has been in Joe’s orbit alive, the only salve for his loneliness is disturbing fan mail.
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