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His opposite number and a man who is equally unctous and possibly even more tainted with special interest money, Mitch Mc Connell says he and his repuganticans were going to filibuster Franken ` s seating.
Franken’s Lead Widens in Senate Recount - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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I doubt that Bliar will tell us anything that he hasn't already said and will be as weasly and unctous as ever he was.
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He has a preacherly unctuousness that gives me the creeps but might be a prince of an unctous guy for all I know.
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What a luscious looking crème anglaise - unctous and perfect.
Grilled Apples with Crème Anglaise Michele 2005
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Julian Bashir broke in with such polite bafflement that Sisko guessed he must be emulating Garak's unctous demeanor.
Time's Enemy Graf, L. A. 1996
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That man is one of the most unctous political vermin I have ever seen...
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He might come across as more experienced, but he will lose with his condescending air, his fake smile, and his unctous demeanor.
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oooh, these look deliciously unctous and fresh and crunchy and soft all at the same time – fantastic.
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unctous – Does anyone know what this really means?
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Not only did he support McCain (which I could kind of live with) he took an active role (his unctous self kept popping up behind McCain) in his campaign, and even further he criticized Obama regularly, and more importantly to me never made a peep of criticism of McCain for McCain’s campaign attacks on Obama; and he even had the nerve to find Palin qualified.
An Embrace of Lieberman? Not Exactly. - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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