slimy
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At first, Carson is repulsed by Rapp’s slimy overstepping, but she slowly learns not to loathe him.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
Deukmejian vetoed the bill, though Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation in 2024 designating the slimy yellow creature as the official state slug.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Parents and teachers have told reporters of slimy chicken, as well as food that appeared undercooked and had a fishy odour.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
It is black and slimy, white and fuzzy, or green and spongy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The bathroom floor was slimy with too much dirt washed off too many bodies, and the toilet was thick with the smells of strangers.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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But Mendoza’s ascent to the analyst role has triggered enough bile from some of the slimier precincts of social media that Mendoza avoids Twitter except to seek baseball-related news, and rarely reads comments about herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2022
Not everything worked in the film, a darker, slimier spinoff adjacent to Sony Pictures’ “Spider-verse” Marvel world.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
Even with Jim Bakker, who was the much slimier character, there’s a sense that every time you see him, he’s not twirling the metaphorical mustache.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2021
You can always find guys like that; just keep turning over the slimier rocks.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2016
The detective grew dirtier and slimier and wetter as the day wore on; but still he did not lose heart.
From Henry Dunbar A Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
A great piece in the WSJ today from reporters Thomas Grove and Alan Cullison illustrates one of the slimiest realities of life in Washington.
From Fox News ● Nov. 8, 2019
The show uses CGI magic to return Times Square to its slimiest state.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2017
The five-year stretch from 1984 to 1989, from Ghostbusters to Ghostbusters 2, was the slimiest in American history.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2016
Made by Native Instruments, it's a synthesizer plug-in that sits in a producer's laptop or digital audio workstation and allows him or her to slather different synth-textures together to make the sickest, slimiest bassline.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2012
The flower beds had shriveled up and were crawling with the fattest, slimiest slugs I'd ever seen.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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