slick

Mr. Leribault, who still seems like an elegant French curator rather than a slick, networking modern museum director, is wistful about the controversial solution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

In practice, the crumbs more or less fused into a single crust over the slick cabbage beneath.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

A slick move after three minutes resulted in Amelia Brown scoring the England opener, before Wales got their time in the sun.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

When wet, it gets dangerously slick and slippery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Tinker stay in the slick for an hour or more and then blink!

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

But once on to the slicks, Verstappen was not a threat to Norris on pace, even when heavy rain returned in the closing laps.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

Nearly lost the car on slicks during the formation procedure and ultimately fell all the way to 16th as Alpine's gamble failed to pay off.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

I’ve seen oil slicks that were more interesting than “Digger.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Large stretches of the island's shoreline appear affected and "additional oil slicks extend far out to sea, further polluting and damaging this protected marine ecosystem", Noelle said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

In the night, you couldn’t even see the oil slicks on the water.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

There’s something raggedly cool about AM versus the slicker products on the FM side.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

Sam Rockwell plays Frank, his slicker, more easygoing partner — he gives Cage’s tightly wound performance someone to ricochet off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

By 2015, as smartphones became ubiquitous, competitors like Resy, Tock, Reserve and SevenRooms pitched slicker apps for customers and iPad interfaces for restaurants, along with better business terms and access to diner data for establishments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Skiers have to re-don their skis at the top for one final climb, and Fatton was much slicker than Harrop, racing away to a lead she never looked likely to relinquish.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

The kids in this group look a lot slicker and more polished than Dad’s group.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

But Alisson Cassiano would surely prefer not to be remembered for scoring one of football's slickest own goals.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

Back then, he walked into a humming, world championship–caliber operation, where everything had been optimized to the slickest, shiniest possible standards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026

Kyrie Irving, one of the slickest ballhandlers in the NBA, dribbled in front of the Lakers’ bench in the first half Monday night at Barclays Center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2023

What difference has the world’s biggest and slickest art fair organizer made?

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022

White men in the crispest, slickest suits—black and navy and tweed, some with loosened ties and coats unbuttoned or cast aside over chairs.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

Eventually, Giuliani appears in the flesh, his blond hair slicked back like his father’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

The drippings, on that first night, don’t go to waste: they’re coaxed into something worthy of the occasion, slicked over potatoes or spooned onto rice, greener and more herb-laced than you might expect.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026

Undo the tight, slicked back bun and bring in halo dyed hair, dark eyeliner and the piercing she did herself on the inside of her upper lip.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026

A childhood Liverpool fan, she used to run around the house in a replica shirt, her curly hair slicked back to resemble Spanish striker Fernando Torres.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025

Her black hair was in a tight ponytail, slicked with hair spray.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

It's easy to see the oil slicking the surface and when I dip my hand in, it comes out streaked with oil.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026

In winter, though, with black ice slicking the parking lot, he has no choice but to run the furnace.

From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2023

The season also provides more warmth, despite being largely set in a chilly New York spring at night, rainwater slicking the streets and reflecting the blurred lights of the city.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2022

A few months ago, I noticed that the part of my hairline I’d been avoiding, relaxing, pushing, hiding, slicking back my entire life had quietly overtaken my timeline: sideburns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2021

He thought he could see opaque tendrils of steam rolling off the very trees in wispy sighs, slicking their arms, legs, and foreheads in a sheen of sticky sweat.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray