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as in dripped
to flow forth slowly through small openings
maple sap oozed slowly from the cut in the tree and into the bucket
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as in dragged
to move slowly
the line more or less oozes past the body lying in state, as mourners are not allowed to pause
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Recent Examples of oozed
On April 9, the Poker Face star oozed cool girl energy in a liquid black dress by LaQuan Smith while attending the New York City premiere of Lorne.
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Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 10 Apr. 2026
Mucus oozed out of the coral stems, a telltale response to trauma.
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
In the darkened foyer, Ember contemplated this unassuming bit of paper, momentarily paralyzed by a mixture of dread and excitement stirred together, an overpowering sensation that oozed from the crown of her head, down the length of her body, then hardened, like a soft golden resin becoming solid.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Another showed a baby eating an apple that oozed blood.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 Mar. 2026
Lindgren oozed confidence that it could be done.
—Bill Hancock, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
Register reporter Lucia Cheng's article on the place just oozed vibes and friendship and community.
—Rachel E. Stassen-Berger, Des Moines Register, 26 Feb. 2026
Some of the league’s rival stakeholders have made such a push for clarity that speculation about Seattle’s future has oozed into the Super Bowl news cycle.
—Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Courtesy of a steady diet of driving-and-dishing, coupled with picturesque back door cuts, the Red Devils oozed confidence in the first eight minutes.
—Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 10 Apr. 2026
Mucus oozed out of the coral stems, a telltale response to trauma.
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
In the darkened foyer, Ember contemplated this unassuming bit of paper, momentarily paralyzed by a mixture of dread and excitement stirred together, an overpowering sensation that oozed from the crown of her head, down the length of her body, then hardened, like a soft golden resin becoming solid.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Another showed a baby eating an apple that oozed blood.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 Mar. 2026
Lindgren oozed confidence that it could be done.
—Bill Hancock, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
Register reporter Lucia Cheng's article on the place just oozed vibes and friendship and community.
—Rachel E. Stassen-Berger, Des Moines Register, 26 Feb. 2026
Some of the league’s rival stakeholders have made such a push for clarity that speculation about Seattle’s future has oozed into the Super Bowl news cycle.
—Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Courtesy of a steady diet of driving-and-dishing, coupled with picturesque back door cuts, the Red Devils oozed confidence in the first eight minutes.
—Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oozed
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Bristowe shared a video of herself in a post-op bra with drains attached, as fluid dripped through tubes.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
7 Apr. 2026
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Essential Drip Glossy Balm in the shade skinny dripped and the brand's Mélange à Trois Blush & Highlight Stick in the shade sweet talker to apply her look in the car.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Baselitz was charged with offending public morality; the case dragged on for two years before being dismissed, but his reputation was cemented.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
1 May 2026
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But whether this person galumphed, ambled, or dragged herself up the trail is a matter of what subtleties her movement suggested to you.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
Verb
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Bambaataa exuded a guru aspect, the source of his virtue being, in some sense, his fidelity to home.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Officials said that each of the four recipients was an ordinary citizen who exuded strength in standing up to do the right thing despite the ongoing or possible danger to themselves.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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The next day, steady rains caused the F1 Academy race to be cancelled and the first 20 laps of the Miami Grand Prix to be crawled behind the safety car.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
2 May 2026
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San Francisco wasted opportunities to score in the second and third, loading the bases in the latter frame, but the Giants crawled their way back to a tie.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
1 May 2026
Verb
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Shallow, misogynistic speech has seeped into the daily vocabularies of many, suggesting the toxic, anti-woman values that have long inspired such rhetoric are once again calcifying into a widespread and serious problem.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
28 Apr. 2026
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The skin on nearly half her body blistered and seeped.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Every scene that would otherwise communicate pandemonium is rendered in the language of sub-Ryan Murphy slop, as if a movie whose production costs reportedly crept toward $200 million could only afford a few extras at a time.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
27 Apr. 2026
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Since then, the Phillies have gone 3-15, and the Giants have crept back into the land of the living.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The agreement gave Poway a means of replacing water that flowed into the Lake Poway reservoir, said Poway Utilities Administrator Carlos Cortes.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Apr. 2026
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This dynamic flowed through to Peacock as well, where EBITDA losses were $432 million.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Carlos Mendoza isn’t to blame, nor are this group of players, who are being shuffled around the field like Yahtzee dice.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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While the administration has shuffled funding to pay DHS employees during the shutdown, those funds are expected to dry up in the first week of May if Congress doesn’t act beforehand.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Oozed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oozed. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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