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stick like glue





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Amyloids stick like glue to metal surgical instruments, and normal sterilization does not remove them, so amyloid seeds might possibly be transferred during surgery.

From Nature Mar. 15, 2016

The studios preferred to stick like glue to her romantic-comedy cachet, long after the thrill was gone.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 18, 2014

"If you fall into that," said Crouch, who still led the way, "you'll stick like glue, and you'll be eaten alive by leeches."

From The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo by Charles Gilson

No longer did "our taffy stick like glue."

From Pee-Wee Harris by Percy Keese Fitzhugh




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