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
When she reported this to staff at Birmingham Women and Children's Hospital, she was told to take a bath.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2023
When Esteban Trueba arrived home, he went straight in to take a bath; he was covered with sweat and dust and saturated with the unmistakable odor of frightened beasts.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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