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McBurnie played a slick one-two with the increasingly dominant Gilmour, who had his shot saved.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

“It’ll be slick as a car hood from the slime on their bellies,” Walters says.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

This pole won’t be used just yet — it arrives with a texture that can be slick or uneven, so the troupe must spend a couple weeks prepping it for better gripping and friction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Rights groups warn that children and teens are increasingly being recruited by these groups through slick social media campaigns.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Both of us are slick, slippery with water and dirt.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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

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

Oil has spilled into the Black Sea, creating slicks that cover several square miles of water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

The threat to desalination plants posed by missiles or possible oil slicks should also not be underestimated.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026

The floor was a gritty cement and gravel mix, sticky in places, spotted with what looked like oil slicks.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Dr. Makary is slicker than a pharmaceutical salesman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 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

“Happiness is slicker, bouncier. Joy is wider, deeper.”

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2025

As studio horror has gotten slicker and funnier, closer to an amusement park ride than anything truly unnerving, it’s probably better to judge these films for their date-like qualities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2025

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

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

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

“Polite Society” doesn’t need the slickest fight choreography or the most innovative plot devices or the zingiest lines to make its combo platter work, either.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

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

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022

To avoid conviction, she hires Chicago’s slickest criminal lawyer to help her dupe the public, media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by creating shocking headlines.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 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

Curry was the playfully crooked Rooster Hannigan, and had a standout scene singing and dancing in a pencil mustache and slicked back hair to “Easy Street,” alongside Carol Burnett and Bernadette Peters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 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

Willcox, who by now had been lent a sweater and some pants, insisted there had never been any bombs, only oxygen canisters and the diesel fuel that now slicked the water in the harbor.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025

Her escort, Courtney, who I’m guessing is from out of town because I’ve never seen her before, wears her blond hair slicked back into a neat bun.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

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 this easy weeknight recipe, lime juice and a touch of soy sauce accentuate the citrusy, savory spice, especially once reduced to a sticky pan sauce for slicking pork chops.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2023

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

I flipped open my compact, smoothing down my edges and slicking on another layer of clear cherry lip gloss.

From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson