oily

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About 200 barrels of oily water escaped from a pipeline at Wytch Farm oil field into Poole Harbour on 26 March 2023.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

When it comes to helping players' recovery, oily fish, nuts and seeds are top of the menu.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

These targets can be achieved by eating more oily fish, such as salmon or mackerel, or through supplementation where needed.

From Science Daily • Dec. 9, 2025

It slid easily under the oily meat, again and again and again.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

In the end, then, it had had to be managed with the Old Lord’s agent, an oily scoundrel whose hands were heavy with the money that stuck to them in passing.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck