runny
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Misbah, a 23-year-old mother from nearby Pengayuan village, said her three-year-old daughter had developed "a cough, a sore throat and a runny nose" during the haze.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Most cases are mild and amount to little more than a cough, fever, and runny nose.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
People should monitor for one to three weeks after potential exposure for symptoms including fever, cough, runny nose, rash or red eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
Covered and gently poached, the whites turned tender while the yolks stayed gloriously runny — the entire point, frankly.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
“Oh, my hero, my jump-shooter. Let me touch your feet. No, your feet smell like something dead. Let me touch your golden hair or your runny red nose. Let me touch your emerald bellybutton.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Molten basalt is runnier than recycled magma and spreads out into broad “shield” volcanoes like Mars’s Olympus Mons.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 12, 2023
If you stir really fast, with more shearing force, the PB gets runnier, while if you stir slowly the PB remains stiff.
From Scientific American ● May 9, 2023
Previous work at Yellowstone revealed two magma reservoirs: one of gloopy magma 3 miles to 10 miles below the surface, and a far more enormous store of runnier magma 12 miles to 30 miles down.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
By that measure, they estimate it is thirty times runnier than the pitch used in Queensland, a million times runnier than glass, and a hundred billion times thicker than water.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2014
The runnier the waste, the more surface area is exposed to the air and the more volatiles escape to reach the nose.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2013
