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  • Earlier Wednesday, Tepco said it stopped the leak by pouring a gel-like adhesive around the pit.

    Japan to Head Off Hydrogen Blast Mitsuru Obe 2011

  • Disks—the gel-like pads between vertebrae—lose fluid over the years and flatten.

    Yes, You Are Getting Shorter Melinda Beck 2011

  • It actually absorbs water and becomes gel-like, hence making your stool/feces softer.

    Master Rots | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • After kefir grains containing bacteria are added to milk, the mixture thickens to a gel-like substance.

    The Latest DIY Craze? Say Cheese (and Other Dairy) Alina Dizik 2012

  • Kevin Sintumuang/The Wall Street Journal A gel-like Peychaud's pudding Peychaud's bitters blended with simple syrup and the thickening agent agar agar is applied to a mound of ginger ice flakes in a lightbulb-like vessel created by avant-garde serviceware designer Martin Kastner.

    Cocktail Science 2011

  • On a recent visit, a standout creation was a spherification in which a dollop of yogurt with cumin and black salt was transformed into a disk with a gel-like exterior and a spicy, liquid interior.

    A molecular masala Newley Purnell 2011

  • Workers poured 3,000 liters, or 780 gallons, of gel-like sodium silicate onto the rocks supporting the pipe.

    Tiny Fish Spur Widening Worry Juro Osawa 2011

  • A crack in a concrete container near the shoreline had allowed a steady flow of such water into the sea until it was plugged with a gel-like sodium silicate compound Wednesday.

    Tokyo Utility Delays Dumping Water Andrew Monahan 2011

  • And then, suddenly, it does in a liquid, gel-like form.

    The Beach 2010

  • If you fill your stomach with a gel-like substance that swells so much that very little room is left for food, will you lose weight?

    Judith J. Wurtman, PhD: New Weight-Loss Drug Bloats Your Stomach to Make You Eat Less PhD Judith J. Wurtman 2010

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