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[ooz] / uz /




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Tightly roll, making sure the filling doesn’t ooze out.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

But today, as A.I. widgets ooze through every crack of our digital lives, our reflexive outrage at the overreach is starting to wear down.

From Slate Apr. 23, 2026

"My skin was hot, so inflamed and red. It began to crack and ooze, and the itch was bone deep. It consumed my whole body, and then it began to consume my whole life."

From BBC Mar. 28, 2026

But nearly two years later, water started to ooze from a different well in the same area, a sign that bottling up the geyser likely repressurized the subsurface and triggered the new outburst, scientists said.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 26, 2025

Now, when the navigator walks, I notice that the pitchy ooze that fills the crevices of the ship sticks to his heels.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

"Everything about her just oozes elegance and I hope she knows how appreciated she is among us. She dictates the way that you play."

From BBC Apr. 13, 2026

This thing oozes with what every sporting event craves: real stakes, total athlete buy-in, and absurd, camera-rattling atmosphere.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 5, 2026

“Slop oozes into everything. The original sense of the word, in the 1700s, was ‘soft mud.’

From Salon Jan. 13, 2026

Axial Seamount, by contrast, is a volcano that, during eruptions, oozes lava — similar to the type of eruptions in Kilauea on the Big Island of Hawaii.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2025

Mud oozes between my toes, and I visualize a million leeches crawling up my legs and digging their suckers into my skin.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

A 20-year-old with ear piercings and ripped skinny jeans, Johnson oozed charisma; his profile on the app skyrocketed.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

I watched in awe as melted cheese oozed out from inside, forming a delicious crust along the edges of my cooked omelette.

From Salon Mar. 21, 2026

Infiniti oozed glamour in a lilac sleeveless Louis Vuitton dress with a fitted bodice and a cascade of ruffles tumbling from her hip to the floor, creating a long train.

From Barron's Mar. 15, 2026

Every actor oozed Main Character Energy, but the plot fully revolved around Silverstone’s Cher, the effervescent queen bee of Beverly Hills.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 12, 2025

In rain any street not paved with macadam oozed a fragrant muck of horse manure, mud, and garbage that swelled between granite blocks like pus from a wound.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

At the buffet for the central command post in Lege-Cap-Ferret, it takes two full-size catering trays to contain the range of artisanal cheeses crumbling or oozing onto the warm metal for the firefighters' pleasure.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

After winning the Her Award for their collaboration, “Girl, Get Up,” Doechii and SZA accepted the award together, oozing mutual love and respect.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Videos posted to social media have shown apocalyptic scenes of a burning liquid oozing down the street, and the persistent smoke has prompted complaints of a “black rain” that leaves an oily residue.

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

In 1988, with England taking on West Indies at Headingley, Bird had to deal with play being halted by water oozing from under the outfield.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2025

I said my prayers, trying to push it away with ritual, but it kept oozing back round the worn edges of the words.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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