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slime

[slahym] / slaɪm /


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The rise of pink slime comes amid a rapid decline of local newspapers, many of which have either shut down or suffered extensive layoffs due to economic headwinds.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

“It’ll be slick as a car hood from the slime on their bellies,” Walters says.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Parents who have watched their children cycle through different hobbies, whether it’s crafting friendship bracelets or concocting homemade slime, will recognize the single-minded fervor that has overtaken the students of Class 203.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Glow worms, slime moulds and rare lichens are among 1,109 species discovered in just one corner of Scotland's rainforest.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

I come back from my run and shower a second time, but my misery is still stickier than fish slime.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

To this day, many biological slimes haven’t been researched enough to know the details of their structure and behavior.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 28, 2023

Compared with naturally occurring slimes, artificial slime has no practical use.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2022

It's a pure troll, meant to be so beyond the pale that even responding to it slimes the person falsely accused.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2022

The cores the team has already extracted, from deposits 200 meters below the surface, are rich in fossilized slimes.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 13, 2022

It seems that one of Ebola’s paths goes from the dead to the living, winding in trickles of uncoagulated blood and slimes that come out of the dead body.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

In his lead single for the album, the musician used a photo of Halle Berry being slimed at the Kids Choice Awards without her consent.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2023

“He slimed the driver’s seat of my car,” she says.

From The Verge ● May 28, 2022

Besides the virtual slime cannons in the end zones, there will be a slime booth at AT&T Stadium on Sunday where Prescott or Garoppolo can get slimed if they are so inclined.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2022

But I’m not sure why the same contemporary critics who slimed “Olympia” now get to have the definitive word on which Manets matter most.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2019

Abbey looked like she wanted to give me a hug, but she was understandably reluctant to get slimed.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

There are close-ups of hands kneading dough, a snail sliming its way up a window and Cathy prodding a jellied fish with her finger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026

Mr. Parnell, a decorated Army veteran of the war in Afghanistan, has denied wrongdoing and called on his rival to quit the GOP primary race for sliming his family.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 9, 2021

“They’re quick. They’re meditative. From the whispering to the slurping to the sliming to the folding. This is entirely tactile work to this entire generation that’s entirely screenal.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2018

But basic cable package viewers at home were immune to the smell, and the response from people who saw the sliming was overwhelmingly positive.

From The Verge ● Aug. 23, 2017

The beast’s green tongue rasped across her visor, sliming the lower section.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer


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