runny
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She advised: "Infants, young children, pregnant people and older adults should only eat runny or raw eggs if they have a British Lion mark or are produced under the Laid in Britain egg assurance scheme."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Most cases are mild and amount to little more than a cough, fever, and runny nose.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
A fried egg is also great if you’re not a fan of a runny yolk.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Symptoms include a rash, which can appear three to five days after onset of illness, cough, runny nose and red and watery eyes, as well as a fever that can be higher than 101 degrees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
A small pig with runny nose trots by my foot, snuffling some old orange peel.
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
While fake honey is sometimes runnier and weaker-tasting than genuine honey, sophisticated fakes can look, smell and taste just like the real thing.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
Molten basalt is runnier than recycled magma and spreads out into broad “shield” volcanoes like Mars’s Olympus Mons.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 12, 2023
If you stir really fast, with more shearing force, the PB gets runnier, while if you stir slowly the PB remains stiff.
From Scientific American ● May 9, 2023
Previous work at Yellowstone revealed two magma reservoirs: one of gloopy magma 3 miles to 10 miles below the surface, and a far more enormous store of runnier magma 12 miles to 30 miles down.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
The runnier the waste, the more surface area is exposed to the air and the more volatiles escape to reach the nose.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2013
