runny
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Touch plays its part too, binding tastes and smells together and fixing our preferences for runny or firm eggs, and the velvety, luxuriousness gooeyness of chocolate.
From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026
Common symptoms of measles include cough, runny nose, pink eye and rash.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026
It can be too runny, too clumpy, too salty, not salty enough, burned, sticky and, frankly, not very good at all.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025
These children often have a cold or runny nose and a cough that worsens at night or early morning, recurring every few weeks.
From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025
He dunks the bread in the runny yolks and gobbles it down.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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