slug

Example Sentences

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They pointed to the slugs that they were picking from the cabbage leaves.

From Literature

And I started collecting things and leaving them as presents in their basement: snakes, spiders, grubs, and slugs.

From Literature

She went to her computer and wrote some code, walked a set of punch cards to the mainframe in another building, and waited while it slugged through the calculations.

From Literature

But Japan and China also hold sizable slugs.

From MarketWatch

Using a playbook familiar to their front office, the Dodgers waited until the market for slugging outfielder Kyle Tucker dwindled before making him a huge offer short on duration but generous in dollars.

From Los Angeles Times