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In practice, the crumbs more or less fused into a single crust over the slick cabbage beneath.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Yamamoto crashed hard, slipping on the slick grass as he tried to pivot but still managing to make a throw to first from the ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

"Two or three times a week, there's an awful chemical smell, and I see a huge oil slick that seems to bubble up from the bottom of the river," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Social-media users are savaging promotions depicting unnaturally regular greens, shrimp like O-rings, unhealthily slick noodles and stippled chicken.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The pitchfork’s wood felt slick in her sweaty hands, and she hoped she wouldn’t drop it at the moment of truth.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

Although it has to be said that it took a safety car on lap nine before the drivers who had started on treaded intermediate tyres came in for slicks.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

I’ve seen oil slicks that were more interesting than “Digger.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Large stretches of the island's shoreline appear affected and "additional oil slicks extend far out to sea, further polluting and damaging this protected marine ecosystem", Noelle said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

The threat to desalination plants posed by missiles or possible oil slicks should also not be underestimated.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026

The floor was a gritty cement and gravel mix, sticky in places, spotted with what looked like oil slicks.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

There’s something raggedly cool about AM versus the slicker products on the FM side.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

Dr. Makary is slicker than a pharmaceutical salesman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

Skiers have to re-don their skis at the top for one final climb, and Fatton was much slicker than Harrop, racing away to a lead she never looked likely to relinquish.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

“Happiness is slicker, bouncier. Joy is wider, deeper.”

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2025

After returning inside, he stoked the fire, then pulled on his rubber boots and his rain slicker.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen

But Alisson Cassiano would surely prefer not to be remembered for scoring one of football's slickest own goals.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

Back then, he walked into a humming, world championship–caliber operation, where everything had been optimized to the slickest, shiniest possible standards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026

What difference has the world’s biggest and slickest art fair organizer made?

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022

Trea Turner, the Dodgers’ slickest baserunner, explains how he developed the smoothest and coolest slide in baseball.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022

“I know city slickers when I see ’em and them thar’s two of the slickest of ’em all.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Eventually, Giuliani appears in the flesh, his blond hair slicked back like his father’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

Choose dishes that improve with a little time and chill — herby potato salad slicked with olive oil and dill, a lemon-bright bean salad, a vegetable-packed pasta salad studded with crunch.

From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2026

Undo the tight, slicked back bun and bring in halo dyed hair, dark eyeliner and the piercing she did herself on the inside of her upper lip.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026

A childhood Liverpool fan, she used to run around the house in a replica shirt, her curly hair slicked back to resemble Spanish striker Fernando Torres.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025

A head with stringy gray hair slicked back tight to his skull.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

It's easy to see the oil slicking the surface and when I dip my hand in, it comes out streaked with oil.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026

That extra fat fortifies them, slicking each tooth-like kernel so that it catches the gleam of the sun.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2022

He was once described as looking like a mad scientist, though he began slicking his hair down after that.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2021

Sure, it’s a stagy premise, and the script might benefit from more nuance, especially in the figure of Charlie, whom Holum portrays by slicking pomade into her hair and strutting around like Elvis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2016

Ekon winced as the first drizzles of rain pelted his bare arms, slicking his sandals so that every step was harder and harder.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray