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ooze

[ooz] / uz /




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Tightly roll, making sure the filling doesn’t ooze out.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

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

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

A producer, her thumbprints evident in a track’s chic minimalism or ooze of West Coast.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 4, 2024

Now, when the navigator walks, I notice that the pitchy ooze that fills the crevices of the ship sticks to his heels.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Nestled in the wooded hills of Austria's Styria region, the town of Leoben oozes tradition with its pastel-coloured buildings and quaint central square boasting a 13th-century church.

From Barron's Aug. 23, 2026

While he was no kingpin, one source said, Jando oozes charisma.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

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

The mud oozes warm and soft between my toes, soothing my aching joints.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

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

A notoriously private and mysterious man, Robbins spent his life enchanting readers with clever wordplay and bizarre, highly whimsical stories that oozed with philosophical musings and quips.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2025

It oozed up, and I shuddered as a familiar pressure gathered around my shoulder blades.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

At the buffet for the central command post in Lege-Cap-Ferret, it takes two full-size catering trays to contain the range of artisanal cheeses crumbling or oozing onto the warm metal for the firefighters' pleasure.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

Confidence oozing from every player, and Kerolin a bag of tricks and flair, it was a showcase of everything that has helped City carve out such a commanding lead.

From BBC Feb. 1, 2026

This mammoth died nearby, but his carcass slumped into an ancient stream bed and was covered by sediment and eventually topped by the pits’ oozing asphalt, encasing and preserving his bones.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 22, 2026

I hate to use this word, but it was oozing.

From Los Angeles Times May 25, 2025

The radio a live mass of wire oozing from his trunk, a seething congregation of snakes.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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