ooze
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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
Bathers are an artistic signal for life crawling onto shore out of the primordial ooze or basking in a pastoral, prelapsarian paradise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025
They've got Ligue 1 wrapped up already so they can concentrate on the Champions League and they just ooze class and quality.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2025
This meant, however, that only four monks guarded the tomb of St. Nicholas, down in the city, carrying on their ancient duties, filling decorative glass vials with the ooze that drizzled from his corpse.
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2024
“I am nice! I simply ooze niceness, Perry Johansson. Haven’t you noticed?”
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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Nestled in the wooded hills of Austria's Styria region, the town of Leoben oozes tradition with its pastel-coloured buildings and quaint central square boasting a 13th-century church.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
While he was no kingpin, one source said, Jando oozes charisma.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The European champions haven't tried to reinvent the wheel with this kit, but it oozes class.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 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
Sap oozes from the open sores on the trunk.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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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
There were signs of nerves when Jones reached the 90s at Derby, with dropped chances on 91 and 92, but here she oozed confidence from the minute she walked to the middle.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025
Honey had oozed out and formed puddles on the tray underneath.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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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
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
From the poignant title track to the oozing, satirical groove of “Have a Cigar,” the album holds its rightful place as one of the decade’s enduring masterworks.
From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2025
"The embalming chemical, when we injected it into different main arteries, kept oozing out," Dr Bhargava writes.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025
Sure enough, a few seconds later they heard the sound of Ms. CeeCee's slippers slowly sliding across the floor and her voice oozing through the wooden door.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
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