smooth
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Dr Lindsay said a stone mason who visited the dig suggested the slabs' smooth surfaces were the result of people walking on them over many years.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
“I do feel like my swing is in a better place, feels smooth, and just a little tweak here and there, and I’ll be ready.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
He had bought a plane ticket, according to prosecutors, and a federal official had arranged to meet with him at the Athens airport to smooth his departure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
In addition, the memory-chip makers are trying to persuade customers to commit to multi-year contracts that may smooth out an earnings profile that has, historically, been extremely volatile.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
I stood on the landing outside the dining room and ran my hand over the smooth wood of the Frisian clock.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The Griffith Park carousel has one speed — 14 mph — and the hope is to update it with some modern controls to create a smoother ride.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
In a statement, DfT said journeys on the new fleet would be "quieter, smoother and more reliable", while offering "improved accessibility, more luggage space and onboard Wi-Fi".
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Coca-Cola technicians secretly concocted a sweeter, smoother cola.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
A trust can give you privacy and smoother estate management if you were to become incapacitated.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
After three times through the sieve, the clay was noticeably smoother, with a silky touch as light as feathers.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
Even at the Carpenters’ smoothest, I hear deep sadness in Karen’s singing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
But it hasn’t always been the smoothest ride.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
Australia may be unbeaten but did not start this tournament in the smoothest fashion, with individual performances digging their batting line-up out of trouble in their opening matches.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
Despite spending somewhere close to $650 million to assemble their rosters, the two most prestigious franchises in Major League Baseball didn’t exactly have the smoothest summers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025
But he'd also vowed to make this the smoothest presidential transition in history, instructing every department in the executive branch to prepare briefing binders for the incoming administration.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
These include having software that smooths out rapid acceleration, adding sound systems and subtle seat vibrations to signal to passengers that the car is moving, and offering adaptive regenerative braking that reduces sudden deceleration.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
This layer smooths the input data before calculating changes, avoiding the instability caused by traditional methods.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026
The language smooths out, the argument grows more confident, and the hesitation fades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
Working on a thick sheet of glass, she uses the blade from a utility knife to work the glue into the paper and smooths it out on the surface with her fingertips.
From Barron's ● Nov. 29, 2025
Celia smooths her housedress then lifts the bottle.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Politically strong, he smoothed relations around former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger's attempt to gain support for a World Cup every two years, and has never truly bought into the idea of a 64-team tournament.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Ahead of the opening arguments, Rinderknecht smoothed back his hair and his lawyer helped adjust his tie, before giving him a pat on the back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Few automobile exteriors are ever finished like this, with its broad, sterling-like chrome garnishes at the lower grille intakes, the rocker panels, exhaust outlets and bumpers, all smoothed perfectly into the blown-glass curvatures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
Earlier methods often smoothed these features into broad averages.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2026
Ambuya smoothed her hair, and Nhamo felt a tear drop onto her head.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
The fourth option was the optimal smoothing that economists propose.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Team boss Frederic Vasseur, who said he would talk to the drivers before discussing this in the media, has some smoothing out to do before this weekend's race in Madrid.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
She says processing her feelings first and then smoothing out the language teed her up for a more productive dialogue with the recipient.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
In December, the Albanian government grants a "strategic investor" status to a company linked to Kushner, smoothing the project's path.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Brie stands up, smoothing down the front of her dress.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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