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Ohio’s Cuyahoga River was so contaminated, its oil slicks erupted in flames.
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Jeremy Orr, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
However, ones made with lightweight ingredients that strengthen and moisturize (without turning your hair into an oil slick) can improve its volume and fullness.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 4 Apr. 2025
The accident would remain the nation’s worst oil spill until an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in 2010 killed 11 people and dumped 210 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, scattering oil slicks across an area of 57,000 square miles.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
Ocean Rescue notified the U.S. Coast Guard, which investigates oil slicks.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2025
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Jeremy Orr, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
However, ones made with lightweight ingredients that strengthen and moisturize (without turning your hair into an oil slick) can improve its volume and fullness.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 4 Apr. 2025
The accident would remain the nation’s worst oil spill until an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in 2010 killed 11 people and dumped 210 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, scattering oil slicks across an area of 57,000 square miles.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
Ocean Rescue notified the U.S. Coast Guard, which investigates oil slicks.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Oil slick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20slick. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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