oleaginous
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The oleaginous Bruno becomes both personification and executor of Guy’s desires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Ragoravich is predictably oleaginous, a man with a file cabinet full of hidden agendas, but he is charmingly persuasive, and the money has already been wired into Maggie’s account.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2025
Already masterwork in balancing gentility with explosive rage, the actor blends the spark of a political mover with the oleaginous menace of a mob boss.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2025
But the most villainous entity they encounter is a duplicitous schemer played with oleaginous insincerity by Hugh Grant.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
The oleaginous coating of the wires, together with the small triangular spaces between them, would seem to reduce the destructive power of the vibrations to zero.
From The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts by George W. Holley
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