oily
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These targets can be achieved by eating more oily fish, such as salmon or mackerel, or through supplementation where needed.
From Science Daily • Dec. 9, 2025
After nearly eight months of "oily and salty" prison food, Barbie told the Sunday Times she would like to have some salad and marmite, while Peter was hankering for baked beans.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025
It slid easily under the oily meat, again and again and again.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025
Victoria's diet included cod liver oil, lard, salmon oil and oily fish like sardines, mackerel and salmon.
From BBC • May 20, 2025
The truck rolled past, clogging the narrow alleyway with its oily exhaust.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.