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But the road to his win in Sunday's run-off was not a smooth one.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

China is North Korea's largest trading partner and a vital source of diplomatic, economic and political support for Pyongyang, although ties have not always been smooth.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Rather than forming a relatively smooth, uniformly expanding structure, however, the new observations reveal that the canopy contains many narrow, thread-like features.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

What’s unusual about the Buck-Aikman breakdown is that the pair have had a smooth, drama-free run as one of the best booths in NFL history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Other days it’s calm and steady, so smooth it’s almost a reflection of the sky.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Together, these changes reduce the number of neurons produced, contributing to the smaller size and smoother surface of the marmoset brain.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Controller in hand, the game also feels much smoother.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

I learned most of my U.S. history from C-Span, and life goes smoother when you “Pretend to Know Something.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

No lie, everybody stops what they’re doing to watch us, especially when we try it the second time and it’s much smoother.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist

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

Glass scientists who worked on developing the smoothest and lightest smartphone displays are now also spending time on specialized glass for packaging advanced AI processing chips, according to industry executives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026

But it hasn’t always been the smoothest ride.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

“Right now, my skin is the smoothest and clearest it’s been in forever,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 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

When he’s done massaging the plaster, he smooths it down with his hands, then presses his thumbs around the bottom part of my kneecap, getting a good impression of that area.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

Over the course of four minutes, the robot fumbled with the towel’s floppy and unwieldy shape as it slowly smoothed out the fabric, located the corners and lined up the edges.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Towering granite boulders smoothed over millions of years frame powder-white sand and turquoise water so clear it looks tinted: That’s Anse Source d’Argent, one of the Seychelles’ dozens of beaches scattered across 115 islands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

To revisit the giant impact, Denton used a more advanced form of smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations, or SPH.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

Politically strong, he smoothed relations around former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger's attempt to gain support for a World Cup every two years, and has never truly bought into the idea of a 64-team tournament.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Stones were piled on top and the sand around it was smoothed.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

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

While Loretta Lynn, Bobbie Gentry and Jeannie C. Riley began to change that image in the 1960s, Ms. Parton transcended countrypolitan Nashville by embracing her rural heritage, not smoothing it out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

During the album’s rollout, the pop star’s visage was perfected with the help of some uncanny AI smoothing, while her accompanying “Confessions II” short film featured a team of AI artists in the credits.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

Aunt Melissa stands, smoothing her blue and red checked dress.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller