smooth as silk
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This time around, Odegaard looks smooth as silk – and it is no co-incidence Arsenal look exactly the same.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
He eventually self-published 27 books as Silk White, a nickname from his street days when people said he was smooth as silk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
I knew I wanted a cheesecake that was smooth as silk, not overly sweet and achievable by even cheesecake novices who may be wary of the water bath they’re often baked in.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2022
The second run was smooth as silk — a pair of double-cork 1080s to start, his famed comma-shaped "sky hook" in the middle, then the Tomahawk and then another double-cork 1260 to cap it off.
From Fox News ● Feb. 9, 2022
He whittled them with his knife, he rubbed them with sandpaper and with the palm of his hand, until when Laura touched them they felt soft and smooth as silk.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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