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as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
that guy's a real slime, so avoid him at all costs
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Recent Examples of slime
Abbi Palmer ‘Slugs’ : A Manifesto From slime to slugs with artist Abi Palmer’s book ‘Slugs: A Manifesto’, which explores a creature that survives by being disgusting.
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Rem uses a heavier-weight linen to keep berries firm and mushrooms from turning to slime.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
This slime is not edible, so avoid making slime with younger kids who might be tempted to put it in their mouths.
—Taylor Grothe, Parents, 1 Oct. 2024
Iron bacteria, in particular, tend to thrive in residential plumbing systems, creating a red or brown slime on the interior of the pipes.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Oct. 2024
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Rem uses a heavier-weight linen to keep berries firm and mushrooms from turning to slime.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
This slime is not edible, so avoid making slime with younger kids who might be tempted to put it in their mouths.
—Taylor Grothe, Parents, 1 Oct. 2024
Iron bacteria, in particular, tend to thrive in residential plumbing systems, creating a red or brown slime on the interior of the pipes.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for slime
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slime
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My one big gripe with this season has always been the location of the tribe camps, which were basically mud pits.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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The animal was about a foot long and used its head, rather than its arms, to dig into the mud.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
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The risks of dying creep up well before extreme heat and humidity levels.Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
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But when his uninvited relatives show up and start adding eyeballs to the mashed potatoes and maggots to the pumpkin pie, there are suddenly too many creeps in the kitchen.Jennifer Hubert Swan, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Torrents of poisonous sludge pouring through collapsed tailings dams have contaminated waterways in Brazil, Canada, and elsewhere and killed hundreds of people—in addition to the hundreds, possibly thousands, of miners who die in workplace accidents each year.Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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Even The Daily Mail picked it up—the surest sign that a story has become part of the Internet’s lowbrow sludge.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
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The clowns there, contributed by donors worldwide, are not for sale.Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
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The parade’s 98th year was the largest yet, with more than 5,000 volunteers, 17 character balloons, 22 floats, 15 heritage and novelty balloons, more than 700 clowns, 11 marching bands and 10 performance groups.Violet Goldstone, WWD, 30 Nov. 2024
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The interplay between pervert audience and chastising host is a delicate dance, as old as time.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
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Five states and Washington, D.C. have referendums next month that could profoundly change—and pervert—the way each conducts elections.Steve Forbes, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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The processing fee is absolutely not going to the part-time delivery person, but, rather, to a rich jerk who is golfing right now.Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
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Also, your character’s supposed to be kind of a jerk.Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
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Daisy's career begins when she gets discovered by Hank Allen, who would go on to briefly become her manager and slimeball boyfriend.Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Mar. 2023
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The former is dormant for now, while the latter has picked up nearly 1,500 followers with a steady stream of off-putting memes and videos featuring the anthropomorphized slimeball.Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2023
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The remains were found by two men who were running their dogs and looking for rocks, according to DNASolves.CBS News, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2023
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Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.cleveland, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
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“Slime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slime. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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