greasy
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Those distinct layers of chilled dough and butter are what create puff pastry’s dramatic height, so if the sheet begins to feel limp or greasy, return it to the refrigerator for 10 to 15 minutes.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Consumers in other countries love it because it is longer lasting, provides robust sun protection and doesn’t feel greasy or leave white residue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Once famous for a greasy pole-climbing competition that would grant the winner a piglet, past games have included horse racing, hare coursing and shooting.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
The Wagners relocated to Houston, and in 1928 Mary Kay’s mother opened a greasy spoon, where she worked seven days a week, leaving her 10-year-old daughter in charge at home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
The wrangler wore a Stetson hat on his greasy hair, an extra-large set of jeans, and a pair of black leather boots.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
The solution, which is applied with a dropper, can sometimes drip onto your face or leave your hair looking greasier.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2022
I suspect the oil and egg in the mayonnaise separated during cooking, contributing to greasier, squishier panko, and chicken that tasted extremely chicken-y, not in an amazing way.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2022
We have yet to see an NFT artwork that didn’t look like a gas station display for novelty sunglasses, but somehow greasier?
From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2022
To turn McDonald’s, a chain better known for supersized portions than for supercomputers, into a saltier, greasier version of Amazon.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2019
If you rinse your greasy mess-kit in a tub of greasier water, you are one of many gathered like thirsty birds about a road-side puddle.
From Heroes in Peace The 6th William Penn Lecture, May 9, 1920 by John Haynes Holmes
He noted that students sometimes spurn the healthy fare offered in school lunches and dash out after school to “buy the greasiest things you ever saw.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2017
“He was a great leader who always had the greasiest tepee door, because he was generous and was always feeding people,” she said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2013
Fried broccoli rabe is locked inside some of the heaviest, greasiest batter I’ve ever tasted.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2013
Friday’s with the rest of the sparkly rabble and ate the world’s greasiest quesadilla while watching the merrymakers stream by on the way to the after-party.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2013
It’s a puzzle why we binge on the sweetest and greasiest food we can find, until we consider the eating habits of our forager forebears.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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