ooze
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The clubhouse had a paint-chipped exterior and was even worse inside, where unused kitchen appliances dripped ooze.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
They've got Ligue 1 wrapped up already so they can concentrate on the Champions League and they just ooze class and quality.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2025
This meant, however, that only four monks guarded the tomb of St. Nicholas, down in the city, carrying on their ancient duties, filling decorative glass vials with the ooze that drizzled from his corpse.
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2024
A producer, her thumbprints evident in a track’s chic minimalism or ooze of West Coast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
And that night the others lying on the floor in their squares watched Hughie ooze gracefully into his cot—they heard him sigh with abysmal comfort and he was asleep and snoring before anyone else.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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This thing oozes with what every sporting event craves: real stakes, total athlete buy-in, and absurd, camera-rattling atmosphere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
“Slop oozes into everything. The original sense of the word, in the 1700s, was ‘soft mud.’
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2026
In stark contrast with the album’s bombastic, top-10 title track, the early version of “Born in the USA” featured on “Nebraska ’82” oozes with the pain, heartbreak and disillusion inherent in the song’s lyrics.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025
"He isn't hyper and too excitable or in your face, but he's one of those guys who oozes confidence without trying," Coldwell said.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025
The walnuts are soft and buttery and the sugar syrup oozes out, dripping down my chin.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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A 20-year-old with ear piercings and ripped skinny jeans, Johnson oozed charisma; his profile on the app skyrocketed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
I watched in awe as melted cheese oozed out from inside, forming a delicious crust along the edges of my cooked omelette.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
Infiniti oozed glamour in a lilac sleeveless Louis Vuitton dress with a fitted bodice and a cascade of ruffles tumbling from her hip to the floor, creating a long train.
From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026
It was far from convincing - and in stark contrast to his previous statements where certainty oozed out during what has now descended into a critical mess for the club.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
She led them quickly to an area where the ground they walked on was soft and squishy; water oozed between their toes as they walked.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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At the buffet for the central command post in Lege-Cap-Ferret, it takes two full-size catering trays to contain the range of artisanal cheeses crumbling or oozing onto the warm metal for the firefighters' pleasure.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
It's the Azteca - it has football history oozing out of every crevice.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
More bizarre and pernicious ideas are soon oozing from Peter’s every pore, beginning with the belief that the motel room is infested with insects that are feasting on his flesh.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
From the poignant title track to the oozing, satirical groove of “Have a Cigar,” the album holds its rightful place as one of the decade’s enduring masterworks.
From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2025
The brown one was oozing a strange blue liquid.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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