take a bath
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They won’t take a bath for six months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
Ash pointed out that “gold often falls when equities take a bath to cover losing positions on a trading book.”
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
“It’s very difficult when you get up in the morning and you can’t take a bath, you can’t shower,” Mack Williams, 59, said as he picked up bottled water from a county distribution site.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
"I needed to take a bath every time. My dad would even sprinkle some water over my camera before taking it inside the studio."
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2023
Nothing happened after a couple of hours, so I decided to take a bath.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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