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slimy

adjective as in oozy, gooey

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But bolstered by a substantive agenda, the voters’ perception that the Republicans were slimy earned Democrats a historic victory in the 2006 midterm elections.

But the mouth had expected to find a soft, slimy squid.

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The once clear river had turned murky and slimy, completely changing how she felt about living alongside it, she said.

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This remains the case when Andy encounters the slimy remains of Rook, the derelict vessel’s android science officer who looks exactly like Ash, the series’ first android traitor introduced in 1979’s “Alien.”

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Campaigners have previously complained that dredged sediment fills nearby rock pools with a "black, thick, slimy, petrochemically smelling sludge", which is toxic to people and the environment.

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