slimy
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At first, Carson is repulsed by Rapp’s slimy overstepping, but she slowly learns not to loathe him.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
Deukmejian vetoed the bill, though Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation in 2024 designating the slimy yellow creature as the official state slug.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Parents and teachers have told reporters of slimy chicken, as well as food that appeared undercooked and had a fishy odour.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
It is black and slimy, white and fuzzy, or green and spongy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The bathroom floor was slimy with too much dirt washed off too many bodies, and the toilet was thick with the smells of strangers.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
But Mendoza’s ascent to the analyst role has triggered enough bile from some of the slimier precincts of social media that Mendoza avoids Twitter except to seek baseball-related news, and rarely reads comments about herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2022
Not everything worked in the film, a darker, slimier spinoff adjacent to Sony Pictures’ “Spider-verse” Marvel world.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
Even with Jim Bakker, who was the much slimier character, there’s a sense that every time you see him, he’s not twirling the metaphorical mustache.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2021
You can always find guys like that; just keep turning over the slimier rocks.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2016
The detective grew dirtier and slimier and wetter as the day wore on; but still he did not lose heart.
From Henry Dunbar A Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
A great piece in the WSJ today from reporters Thomas Grove and Alan Cullison illustrates one of the slimiest realities of life in Washington.
From Fox News ● Nov. 8, 2019
The show uses CGI magic to return Times Square to its slimiest state.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2017
The five-year stretch from 1984 to 1989, from Ghostbusters to Ghostbusters 2, was the slimiest in American history.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2016
Made by Native Instruments, it's a synthesizer plug-in that sits in a producer's laptop or digital audio workstation and allows him or her to slather different synth-textures together to make the sickest, slimiest bassline.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2012
The flower beds had shriveled up and were crawling with the fattest, slimiest slugs I'd ever seen.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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