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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Oil slick prompts no-fishing zone Fishermen have introduced a voluntary ban on fishing in the area surrounding the Shetland oil slick.
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Her coffee had an oil slick on top.
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The race ended in chaos when three riders drove into an oil slick and skidded off.
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Their task will be to help otters and seals which have been contaminated by the seven mile long oil slick .
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This problem to some extent overshadowed the oil slick as an environmental issue.