oily

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These targets can be achieved by eating more oily fish, such as salmon or mackerel, or through supplementation where needed.

From Science Daily • Dec. 9, 2025

Proudman recommends washing your hair every other day if your hair is very oily or you use a lot of product in it.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

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.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

Great British Chefs specified that tonka’s “most distinctive feature” is their “enormous potency — heady vanilla flavours, with oily clove aromas, and perfumed magnolia, sandalwood notes.”

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2025

Big Tony had pasty skin, oily black hair, and angry, beady eyes.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein