emulsion
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The pitted road surface was scalped by a 30-tonne machine planer and the debris swept out before a bitumen emulsion binder was sprayed ahead of the laying of fresh asphalt.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Flaky hake-fish in a light, briny parsley sauce and an emulsion of olive oil, on a bed of smashed potatoes.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
Plus, it is easier to scratch than water-based emulsion.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2024
The experimental emulsion may have worked better than the commercial emulsion because it was absorbed into the animals' bloodstream two times faster.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2024
If she’d been in the Jordan College Retiring Room when Lord Asriel had projected the photograms he’d made with the special emulsion, she would have recognized the effect.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Foams appear in everyday life as soap suds, shaving cream, whipped toppings and food emulsions like mayonnaise.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 15, 2026
The study, "Culinary strategies for improving carotenoid bioaccessibility in kale: The role of thermal processing and excipient emulsions," was published in Food Nutrition.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2025
Creamy emulsions — like mayonnaise-based dressings or cheese sauces — can separate and turn grainy.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2025
Most salad dressings are temporarily stable mixtures of oil and water known as emulsions.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2024
I go anyway through the ankle- deep water of flooded street corners, the brown pools slicked with spectral emulsions of engine oil and cooking grease, soot and sweat.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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