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oil-soaked



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On another beach, Castillo had picked up oil-soaked sand and acknowledged the impact of the spill.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2022

He'd return to the stove carrying the plate, now topped only with oil-soaked paper towels, laughing all the way.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2021

Images of oil-soaked seabirds and blackened shoreline were their introduction to the Alabama Gulf Coast.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2021

Until now, the story of the worst local oil spill in decades has been told by gut-wrenching images oil-soaked birds, dying fish and fouled wetlands.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2021

An instant later he turned back again, gave Ranofer one of the fish, went on to the next storeroom, emerging an instant later with an oil-soaked torch.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw




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