slimes

plural of slime

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Recent Examples of slimes The bacterium was found to multiply in biofilms – slimes that grow on wet surfaces. Robert Promisloff, The Conversation, 19 June 2026 In the Minecraft case, that means sending even more slimes and zoglins into battle. Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 25 May 2026 My behind-the-scenes look started with a tour of the Sloomoo kitchen, where I was given the rundown on how the various slimes are created and stored. Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2026 Sticks of butter were everywhere this Toy Fair, from smiling plushies to squishies to buttery smooth slimes. Anja Webb, Parents, 24 Feb. 2026 Such is the case in Wuthering Heights with Cathy (Margot Robbie), who sees her desire for Heathcliff (Jacob Elordi) made manifest by various goos, oozes, and slimes found on the Yorkshire moors. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slimes
Noun
  • After Game 4, jerks were throwing things at Victor Wembanyama.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
  • Something from this article might put me on some Ben Shapiro list, where a bunch of jerks literally will just call me ‘f****t’ or worse on my social media.
    William Earl, Variety, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • As Neptune goes retrograde, anxiety creeps in at the realization of your fallibility.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • Water sprayed to control dust creeps into the streets, creating small pools of green liquid.
    Jena Brooker, ProPublica, 6 July 2026
Noun
  • Perhaps most astonishingly, the movie manages to make creepy clowns — that shopworn trope — genuinely frightening again.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
  • Hang out with sheep, meet magicians and clowns and explore the amusement park.
    Cole Premo, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Nora Ephron for depressed perverts.
    Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Also, what many now interpret as Kubrick’s exposé of elite perverts was, in fact, mostly Schnitzler’s doing.
    Lane Brown, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Sit, who went by the first name Tony, operated Happy K9 Academy and the dogs were in his care when they were kept in crates in a hot van and died, the district attorney’s office said.
    Phil Helsel, NBC news, 11 July 2026
  • When you’ve been tasked with crafting a home intended to welcome friends, host community gatherings, encourage kids’ indoor-outdoor adventures accompanied by dogs, bunnies, and a visiting pig, that’s the goal.
    Genevieve Walker, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2026
Noun
  • After several weeks at the center, the skunks each reached their necessary weight, and organization officials decided the skunks were ready to return to their natural habitat.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
  • The other rabid animals were five bats and one each cat, coyote, skunk and woodchuck.
    Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • There, students can see animals including snakes, axolotls, tiger salamanders, turtles, toads, frogs, tarantulas, millipedes, bunnies and owls, Wieser said.
    Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 5 July 2026
  • The current population is a result of the toads escaping or being released by importers during the 1950s and ‘60s, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
    Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026

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