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They expect to begin reporting recovery totals Thursday morning, though those numbers will likely reflect an “oily water mixture,” not pure crude.

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A massive wall of slick, oily scales bursts out of the water.

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Flames spread through the floating rubble and across the oily surface of the water.

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Walker agrees and likens it to the fact you can't remove an oily or dirty mark from clothes with just water, you need detergent too.

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When I hear the door close from their exit, I peel myself up from the warm table and marvel at the oily outline my body has left on the sheet.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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