let slip
Example Sentences
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When one Artemis II crew member let slip in a press conference that he was bringing an iPhone to get mesmerizing photos of Earth, he caught himself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Knowing that handing off the mantle to any of these soft-bellied siblings meant dooming his life’s work, Roy let slip one of the most devastating parental assessments ever captured on television.
From Salon • Dec. 9, 2025
As against Bournemouth in their first game of the season at Anfield, Liverpool let slip a 2-0 lead before winning late on, looking horribly vulnerable in defence in the process.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025
But later, in a discussion about her role in helping to pass the Welsh government's budget last month, she perhaps let slip the sort of numbers the Lib Dems were looking at.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025
These things were you, now there is no connection whatever; the sorrow within me is not for this body which has suffered and in suffering has let slip the spirit, but for you, my son.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
