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

[sloo] / slu /


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They thanked firefighters from both the county and a slew of private companies hired by residents and insurance companies to keep homes standing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Paramount+, with its catalog of CBS series and the canon of “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan, offers a slew of All-American programming.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 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

It centred around a slew of TikTok videos narrated by a distinctively "deep" and "lustrous" voice that Tsuda, 55, said can only be his.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

“If it comes to fighting, what chance do you think we have? The Godslayer slew the Mesarthim, and they were far more powerful than we are.”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

He had gold and platinum albums, was on the cover of Time and Newsweek, and won slews of Grammys and Emmys.

From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

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

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

Webb is a big telescope, so it slews slower than the minute hand on a clock.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 11, 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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