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slug

[sluhg] / slʌg /


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When the nights of feeding still drag and the days creep along like a slug, people will warn you with a knowing air that your baby’s life will “go so fast.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

Freeman's winning home-run crowned a night of extraordinary drama that saw both teams slug it out in a back-and-forth battle resembling a heavyweight boxing contest.

From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025

In a YouTube video, one investor who claimed to have purchased a large slug of the company’s shares explained that the tender offering could help boost the company’s shares over the long term.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 21, 2025

In the picture above, a leopard slug is eating a false deathcap mushroom on the Blickling Estate in Norfolk.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2024

Hagrid’s coat seemed to be made of nothing but pockets — bunches of keys, slug pellets, balls of string, peppermint humbugs, teabags ... finally, Harry pulled out a handful of strange-looking coins.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling




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