slime
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Only a few days after the pool was refilled, though, it reverted what it always is: a filthy slime pit that nevertheless does an adequate job of its primary objective: reflecting.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2026
Within days of the pool’s reopening, algae blooms coated the floor with a thick residue reminiscent of the neon green slime left behind by the Ghostbusters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
"Millipedes were feeding on decaying mosses, decomposed slime, and primordial gunk on the surface of the Earth."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026
Glow worms, slime moulds and rare lichens are among 1,109 species discovered in just one corner of Scotland's rainforest.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
I keep my slime in teeny little Tupperware containers—the stacks keep getting bigger.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
To this day, many biological slimes haven’t been researched enough to know the details of their structure and behavior.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 28, 2023
Familiar monsters, from slimes to sabercats, abound, but now the kids can recruit the beasts to help them hunt for loot.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
Behind Koya, Charles Jackson and his 11-year-old daughter were mixing cake batter and blackberry scents into the slimes they were making.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2022
It's a pure troll, meant to be so beyond the pale that even responding to it slimes the person falsely accused.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2022
It seems that one of Ebola’s paths goes from the dead to the living, winding in trickles of uncoagulated blood and slimes that come out of the dead body.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
In his lead single for the album, the musician used a photo of Halle Berry being slimed at the Kids Choice Awards without her consent.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2023
He was selected the AFC’s defensive player of the week Wednesday and got slimed leaving practice Thursday after being chosen Nickelodeon’s “NFL Slimetime NVP.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
Some critics who caught the movie, which turned up at New York Comic Con in October, reacted as if they’d been slimed.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
Something slimed and dark started unfolding itself, then dropped to the paving with a thick wet slap.
From The Verge ● Jul. 8, 2018
Fifty gallons of syrupy, goopy tomato sauce slimed him from above.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
There are close-ups of hands kneading dough, a snail sliming its way up a window and Cathy prodding a jellied fish with her finger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
Mr. Parnell, a decorated Army veteran of the war in Afghanistan, has denied wrongdoing and called on his rival to quit the GOP primary race for sliming his family.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
But basic cable package viewers at home were immune to the smell, and the response from people who saw the sliming was overwhelmingly positive.
From The Verge ● Aug. 23, 2017
Holding him accountable for his lies takes guts and fortitude, especially when he’s proved adept at sliming right out of your grasp.
From Time ● Sep. 29, 2016
The beast’s green tongue rasped across her visor, sliming the lower section.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
