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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

Astronomers have long depicted distant exoplanets with smooth, circular outlines.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

His job was ensuring commanders had smooth communication with their units and access to feeds from reconnaissance drones and surveillance cameras.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Y axis is banded rather than a smooth, continuous scale.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

In a rare moment when the sled is on smooth ground I come across a clearing and a dog team is stopped ahead of me.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

Controller in hand, the game also feels much smoother.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 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

In a statement, DfT said journeys on the new fleet would be "quieter, smoother and more reliable", while offering "improved accessibility, more luggage space and onboard Wi-Fi".

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Garcetti’s promise of a smoother process was backed by close attention to detail and constant monitoring inside City Hall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 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

“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

Australia may be unbeaten but did not start this tournament in the smoothest fashion, with individual performances digging their batting line-up out of trouble in their opening matches.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025

Turner’s Philadelphia tenure didn’t get off to the smoothest start.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025

She scattered a big load of acorns on the hearth stones and looked at them with satisfaction before she began to break the little shells with her smoothest pounding rock.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

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

The dynamism of the singing and dancing smooths out some of the adaptation’s rough edges.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026

The language smooths out, the argument grows more confident, and the hesitation fades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

Then she smooths a lock of hair from my forehead.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

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

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

Munich's Allianz Arena is sculpted by thousands of diamond-shaped inflatable cushions, while Sydney's similarly-named Allianz Stadium has a flatter façade smoothed with long bronze fins.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 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

Before emerging from cover, I made sure my shirttails and tzitzis were tucked in and smoothed down my shirt and waistcoat.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

The fourth option was the optimal smoothing that economists propose.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Team boss Frederic Vasseur, who said he would talk to the drivers before discussing this in the media, has some smoothing out to do before this weekend's race in Madrid.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 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

In December, the Albanian government grants a "strategic investor" status to a company linked to Kushner, smoothing the project's path.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

He settled himself comfortably, crossing his legs Turkish fashion and smoothing down the ends of his mustache.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers