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The probe against Powell was dropped to smooth the way for Warsh's Senate confirmation, but the battle to fire Cook continues despite a Supreme Court decision nullifying an earlier attempt to do so.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

Instead of the relatively smooth terrain that earlier observations had suggested, the spacecraft found a rugged landscape dominated by enormous boulders, with very few areas suitable for collecting samples.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

The first media member agrees, saying, “He’s a good-looking dude. His skin is, like, so smooth, I was like, damn, no tattoos?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

They proved you could destroy a problematic protein by bringing a smooth protein closer to an enzyme that helps dispose of cell waste—without needing to latch on to the protein like traditional drugs do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Antonio Saprezza: I pictured him with neatly manicured nails and skin so smooth he barely ever needed to shave.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Controller in hand, the game also feels much smoother.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Had Ratan Tata overseen the succession himself, the transition would have been smoother, he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

This pattern is consistent with a smoother progression into deeper stages of sleep.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

International licensing agreements make the process of marketing and distributing drugs easier and can help Chinese firms conduct clinical trials outside of China, which typically leads to smoother FDA approval.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The left fork looks smoother, flatter, like the kinda thing you should be rolling carts over.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

Heidi Alexander and Apostolos Tzitzikostas agreed to "work together with aim for smoothest possible EES checks ahead of the busy summer period", the UK government said.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

“SPR releases go the smoothest when you can release something very close to what’s been lost,” said Andrew Harbourne, analyst at Wood Mackenzie.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

But it hasn’t always been the smoothest ride.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

“Not the smoothest of rides to get here,” first baseman Freddie Feeman added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025

She had horn-rimmed glasses and was convinced they made her ugly, even though she had a long neck and the straightest, smoothest hair I’d ever seen.

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine

These include having software that smooths out rapid acceleration, adding sound systems and subtle seat vibrations to signal to passengers that the car is moving, and offering adaptive regenerative braking that reduces sudden deceleration.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

This layer smooths the input data before calculating changes, avoiding the instability caused by traditional methods.

From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026

It removes friction, smooths edges, and hands you the answer before you’ve had a chance to reach for it yourself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

Working on a thick sheet of glass, she uses the blade from a utility knife to work the glue into the paper and smooths it out on the surface with her fingertips.

From Barron's ● Nov. 29, 2025

He holds my arm, smooths the sweat off my brow, books at me, does this brotherly sort of thing where he’s almost holding me.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

Some of the rifts can't easily be smoothed over.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Her overseas posting and relocation were smoothed by $1.2 million in perks, covering housing-related costs, lease termination, tuition, tax prep and other benefits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

What we’re likely to be left with is an adaptation that hits all of the beats of the hundreds of motion picture takes on the story with all of their charms and idiosyncrasies smoothed away.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Implementing a "mollifier layer," which smoothed the signal before measuring it, radically diminished both the noisiness and the power consumption scaling.

From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026

It had been buried off to the side of the trail in the snow, buried neatly with the snow smoothed over the top so that it was completely hidden.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

That was a big step toward smoothing the enrollment process, but the accounts still need to be claimed by parents to manage them and to allow family members, friends and employers to contribute.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

When they have been effective, they have managed to ride the choppier waves while also smoothing relations with the media - providing context for inquisitive journalists and helping tamp down any simmering issues.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Increasingly, luxury resorts and lodges are smoothing the learning curve, pairing upscale accommodations with fully outfitted excursions that take care of the logistics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

These accounts collide with the present era’s eerie uncertainty at every turn, making for an altogether riveting, cyclical listening experience that tells her life’s story without smoothing its contradictions.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

He laid out all the money on the bed, smoothing the bills.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech