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  • past tense form of slay.
  • a variation of slue.
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slew

[sloo] / slu /


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Tropical Storm Rachel is expected to make landfall either in northern Baja California or San Diego County as early as Saturday night, bringing with it a slew of potential hazards, including damaging coastal flooding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

Because cortisol is something that can be fairly easily and quantifiably measured, and research shows that high cortisol can be a feature of a slew of problems, it’s an appealing candidate.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

Holding court at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, the brokerage’s executives unveiled a slew of new tools and services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

That should help SpaceX test a slew of improvements to Starship and its Super Heavy booster, setting up what the company called the “next phase” of making the rocket fully reusable.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Pretending not to hear, Amarante hurried as fast as his bowed and decrepit legs would carry him toward home, scattering a slew of yellow and red grasshoppers in his wake.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

For manager Brian Epstein, the very notion of the Beatles performing in any venue with slews of empty seats was a non-starter.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2025

Tourism on the whole is increasing, bringing slews of strangers to the idyllic island off the Washington coast.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

We link up a bunch of visits that are close together in the sky to avoid doing big, time-consuming slews.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 11, 2022

It’s a job in which you meet a slew of people and play in front of slews more.

From Washington Post ● May 7, 2022

Growned folks have whole slews of ways of crushing your spirits if you’re young.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis




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