Tanks are not street-legal because their treads chew up the pavement.

“We were wondering about this slickem stuff,” the tall one said. “Oh, sure, slickem,” Dale said. “It's kind of neat stuff, actually. It's a long-chain polymer, kind of a gooey plastic. It's injected into the line at Pump One and”—she looked at Toni—”Pump Two? Anyway, it kind of gums up the oil, not much, just enough to slow the turbulent flow so it doesn't ball up inside the line, and instead uses its energy to push itself down the pipeline to Valdez..."

Some networks have started using a broadcast delay on live programs to catch any offensive material before it aired.

The giddy Ship ran round; the Tempeſt tore / Her Maſt, and over-board the Rudder bore.