ooze
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But today, as A.I. widgets ooze through every crack of our digital lives, our reflexive outrage at the overreach is starting to wear down.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026
"I was so red, my skin was so tight, then it would flake, then it would ooze, and then the cycle would begin again."
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
But nearly two years later, water started to ooze from a different well in the same area, a sign that bottling up the geyser likely repressurized the subsurface and triggered the new outburst, scientists said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
Bathers are an artistic signal for life crawling onto shore out of the primordial ooze or basking in a pastoral, prelapsarian paradise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025
Foul-smelling brown ooze crept across the floor of the cell, soaking into the straw.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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This thing oozes with what every sporting event craves: real stakes, total athlete buy-in, and absurd, camera-rattling atmosphere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
In stark contrast with the album’s bombastic, top-10 title track, the early version of “Born in the USA” featured on “Nebraska ’82” oozes with the pain, heartbreak and disillusion inherent in the song’s lyrics.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025
"He isn't hyper and too excitable or in your face, but he's one of those guys who oozes confidence without trying," Coldwell said.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025
Axial Seamount, by contrast, is a volcano that, during eruptions, oozes lava — similar to the type of eruptions in Kilauea on the Big Island of Hawaii.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
Ivy trails the sides of the tower the way melted ice cream oozes down the side of a cone.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
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Manzo was angry but oozed charisma, riding to events on horseback and often breaking into folkloric dance, clips of which went viral.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
A 20-year-old with ear piercings and ripped skinny jeans, Johnson oozed charisma; his profile on the app skyrocketed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
I watched in awe as melted cheese oozed out from inside, forming a delicious crust along the edges of my cooked omelette.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
Infiniti oozed glamour in a lilac sleeveless Louis Vuitton dress with a fitted bodice and a cascade of ruffles tumbling from her hip to the floor, creating a long train.
From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026
The wildfire oozed slowly toward the Up of the jar when Tyrion tilted it to peer inside.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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It’s complete with a mashed potato “volcano” that’s oozing with gravy lava, along with dino nugget inhabitants and steamed broccoli for trees.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
Towards the end of last year, the Kremlin leader was on TV in military fatigues several times, oozing confidence, as he discussed the Ukraine war with his generals.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Videos posted to social media have shown apocalyptic scenes of a burning liquid oozing down the street, and the persistent smoke has prompted complaints of a “black rain” that leaves an oily residue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
"The embalming chemical, when we injected it into different main arteries, kept oozing out," Dr Bhargava writes.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025
Every step formed another word, thick like yellow pitch oozing from a broken pinon limb, words pressing inside his chest until it hurt: don’t leave me.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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