• He doubled back toward Cambridge on a roundabout and pulled into a lay-by off the highway, a place of oily, littered grass with a kiosk on worn bare ground which sold hot dogs and burgers to lorry drivers.

    NEWYORKER: Hand on the Shoulder

  • Dead and alive birds were also reported covered in an oily substance on a beach at Bantham in south Devon.

    BBC: Dead bird on beach between Downderry and Seaton

  • Scan the sidewalk menus for some chilli crab or the local staple ayam buah keluak (chicken cooked with a dark, oily local nut), or just sip a glass of wine and watch chugging "bumboats" ripple the reflections on the river.

    BBC: A perfect day in Singapore

  • So I can sum up my tasting notes quite simply: it has a uniquely thick texture, unctuous and almost oily, but not in a bad way, in a citrus oil way.

    FORBES: What Does An $800 Bottle Of Grand Marnier Taste Like?

  • The lack of sunshine and a diet low in oily fish are thought to be the main factors in Scots having a low level of the vitamin.

    BBC: Vitamin D advice issued for babies and pregnant women

  • The dressing: a little oily.

    FORBES: Good as New, Almost

  • The parts of the body that mustn't dissolve--cell membranes, for instance--are made of oily molecules, and even a child knows that oil and water don't mix.

    FORBES: The Story Of Eau

  • These micro-organisms are pumped into the oily water 24-hours a day and it is hoped that in a year all of the oil will have been eaten.

    BBC: Torrey Canyon seabed returns to normal after oil spill

  • Schumpeter, invited last year to a technical college in northern Tokyo, was surprised to be shown something that the oily-fingered schoolboys had put together in the workshop: a car that whizzed around the playground at 620km per litre (1, 747 miles per gallon).

    ECONOMIST: Schumpeter

  • After seeing the video I found myself asking: Would you buy a soap that left an oily greenish residue on your skin?

    FORBES: Empowering Consumers: A Fantastic Voyage To Unseen Information

  • Across the street there is a wooden house painted an oily yellow.

    NEWYORKER: Amundsen

  • Along the way, we passed a murky expanse of water with oily scum on the surface.

    NEWYORKER: Unconventional Crude

  • Imagine very good quality, layered and complex cognac infused with a heavy dose of smoky, oily orange flavor and you have Quintessence.

    FORBES: What Does An $800 Bottle Of Grand Marnier Taste Like?

  • "Within one bay of the coastline there's between five and five-and-a-half tonnes of this oily substance, " said Holyhead Coastguard David North .

    BBC: Oil spill 'impacts heavily' on beaches

  • Standing above him, Edward Sherman Hoar, his sole companion, holds aloft a string of fish and examines the oily glistening of inanimate scales.

    NPR: Excerpt: 'Woodsburner'

  • The survey also looked at oily fish consumption, which has increased from about a quarter of a portion to a third of a portion per week.

    BBC: British diet 'could do better'

  • They say consuming 250 milligrams of omega-3 fatty acids a day -- t he equivilant of 6 ounces a week of wild salmon or other oily fish -- could prevent heart disease.

    CNN: Seafood benefits outweigh risks, government says

  • He has an oily dab of his compatriot Maurice Chevalier, plus a stronger dose of Douglas Fairbanks, including the neat yet unvillainous mustache and the elastic bonhomie, joshing with camera crews as he does with reverent fans.

    NEWYORKER: Better Times

  • The Food Standard Agency's advice is to eat two portions of fish a week, one of which should be oily.

    BBC: British diet 'could do better'

  • If country music has been saved from commercial Nashville's oily quiffs and bubblegum lyrics, it is thanks to a single-handed rescue operation by this great man.

    ECONOMIST: Country music

  • Experts advise eating a couple of portions of fish a week, with at least one being an oily fish, because there are proven benefits on the heart.

    BBC: Oily fish dementia boosts queried

  • The State Oceanic Administration said this week that it asked the company to give a comprehensive assessment report on the cleanup process of the oily mud with details on the spill area, including the cleaned and to-be-cleaned parts of the bay, China Daily reported.

    FORBES: ConocoPhillips In Trouble In China

  • Tar balls and oily water were spotted on Monday near the mouth of Lake Pontchartrain, a large lake to the north of New Orleans, in Louisiana.

    BBC: Gulf oil spill reaches Texas as tar balls wash ashore

  • The search for nonfood fuel plants in Asia has led researchers to jatropha, a tough, drought-resistant shrub that produces toxic but oily seeds that can be made into diesel.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The diatom skeletons of which the mineral is composed are able to soak up huge quantities of oily materials such as lanolin and nitroglycerine, in the same way that a sponge soaks up water.

    ECONOMIST: Pest control

  • The motion for the Humble Address is proposed by a senior and seconded by a junior government MP - "a genial old codger on the way out, and an oily young man on the make" as the former Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell put it, when he was the junior MP in question.

    BBC: Week ahead

  • While the American Heart Association recommends oily fish as the preferred source of omega-3 fatty acids, supplements are a convenient source for people who don't like fish or are unable to consume the advised dosage.

    CNN: How fish oil supports heart health

  • In 1995 he sold the German bit of his company to Lufthansa Condor, a subsidiary of the German airline, giving him enough capital to buy a small fleet of Boeing planes, another selling-point over rivals still flying oily Tupolevs.

    ECONOMIST: Face value

  • But it was a miserable place to stay, its attic full of manic squirrels, its floor a dull smear of ground-in soot and dirt, its walls impregnated with the oily emanations of ten thousand meals.

    NEWYORKER: Idols

  • Omega-3s are found in oily fish such as salmon, as well as in walnuts and kiwi fruit, and there is a strong negative correlation between the extent to which a country consumes fish and its levels of clinical depression.

    ECONOMIST: Eat your way to a better brain

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