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Picture the surface of a soap bubble or a rainbow-like oil slick.
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Karina Zaiets, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
Four teenagers find themselves on an isolated lake float, trapped by a creature that looks like an oil slick, but behaves with ravenous and agonizing intent.
—Neil McRobert, Vulture, 20 May 2024
The Houthi attack last month caused an 18-mile oil slick and forced the crew to abandon the ship.
—Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
One tussle is composed in black and white; others take place with the creatures skidding on oil slicks and water puddles, or gawking as the Chameleon, living up to her name, throws a jab that mutates into an elephant’s trunk.
—Amy Nicholson, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
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Karina Zaiets, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
Four teenagers find themselves on an isolated lake float, trapped by a creature that looks like an oil slick, but behaves with ravenous and agonizing intent.
—Neil McRobert, Vulture, 20 May 2024
The Houthi attack last month caused an 18-mile oil slick and forced the crew to abandon the ship.
—Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
One tussle is composed in black and white; others take place with the creatures skidding on oil slicks and water puddles, or gawking as the Chameleon, living up to her name, throws a jab that mutates into an elephant’s trunk.
—Amy Nicholson, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
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“Oil slick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20slick. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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