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China is North Korea's largest trading partner and a vital source of diplomatic, economic and political support for Pyongyang, although ties have not always been smooth.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

What’s unusual about the Buck-Aikman breakdown is that the pair have had a smooth, drama-free run as one of the best booths in NFL history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The first media member agrees, saying, “He’s a good-looking dude. His skin is, like, so smooth, I was like, damn, no tattoos?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Astronomers have long depicted distant exoplanets with smooth, circular outlines.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Janie could do all the hand things better than Bat: write things, cut things out, smooth peanut butter on bread.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

The researchers found that the marmoset's smaller, smoother cerebral cortex is not the result of a single developmental change.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Controller in hand, the game also feels much smoother.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

I learned most of my U.S. history from C-Span, and life goes smoother when you “Pretend to Know Something.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Had Ratan Tata overseen the succession himself, the transition would have been smoother, he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Her skin is cool to the touch and much smoother than I would’ve thought.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

The smoothest option is to hold the item in the opposite hand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

Your Party has not got off to the smoothest of starts.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025

But it hasn’t always been the smoothest ride.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

“Not the smoothest of rides to get here,” first baseman Freddie Feeman added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025

And she gave me the smoothest and whitest stone I had ever seen.

From "Sarah, Plain and Tall" by Patricia MacLachlan

These include having software that smooths out rapid acceleration, adding sound systems and subtle seat vibrations to signal to passengers that the car is moving, and offering adaptive regenerative braking that reduces sudden deceleration.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

He smooths the features of the head -- which he says weighs more than a ton -- with a yellow sponge, while another craftsman adds clay to the fingers of the enormous hands.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

In this cosmic battle, dark energy appears to be winning — expanding our universe over trillions of years until everything thins and smooths out into almost nothingness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

This layer smooths the input data before calculating changes, avoiding the instability caused by traditional methods.

From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026

He bares his gums, revealing perfect, peppermint-Orbit-white teeth, and his mom licks both her thumbs and smooths back his eyebrows.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

What we’re likely to be left with is an adaptation that hits all of the beats of the hundreds of motion picture takes on the story with all of their charms and idiosyncrasies smoothed away.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

The report may have smoothed over some frayed nerves about artificial intelligence coming for jobs.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026

"What used to look like a single structure now resolves into many, and details that were smoothed away before, are now clearly visible."

From Science Daily ● May 12, 2026

Buckingham Palace had smoothed that over, saying that was in line with the UK government's position on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

Nhamo grabbed it and smoothed it out on the table.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

That was a big step toward smoothing the enrollment process, but the accounts still need to be claimed by parents to manage them and to allow family members, friends and employers to contribute.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

When they have been effective, they have managed to ride the choppier waves while also smoothing relations with the media - providing context for inquisitive journalists and helping tamp down any simmering issues.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Without compromising its fundamental objective of ensuring price stability, this decision also implies smoothing economic fluctuations and fostering full employment.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

During the album’s rollout, the pop star’s visage was perfected with the help of some uncanny AI smoothing, while her accompanying “Confessions II” short film featured a team of AI artists in the credits.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

To hide her surprise, Cat concentrated on smoothing the walls of the moat.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn