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slush

[sluhsh] / slʌʃ /


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In 2008, both Lee Jae-yong and his father resigned after a former Samsung lawyer turned whistle-blower claimed knowledge of a slush fund that was being used for bribes and political payoffs.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

Instead, he siphoned the money into a personal slush fund, leased a Manhattan apartment, renovated a lakefront property and spent $3,000 on a birthday dinner at a Michelin-starred restaurant, according to the indictment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

Takaichi replaced Shigeru Ishiba, whose one-year leadership saw voter discontent simmer over inflation and a slush fund scandal within the party.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

It is not known whether any of them have been foolish enough to pony up the $1 billion initiation fee—nor has Trump or anyone else said who would control this slush fund.

From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2026

The man answers, holding up a glass that looks like he has a strawberry slush.

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

In 2023, McDonald’s launched a new restaurant concept called CosMc’s that served lattes, frappes, slushes and other novelty drinks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

They’ll slice up bluefin tuna as reddish ice slushes into a drain in the floor.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023

Arizona Cardinals The day after the Cardinals win, drinks and slushes are half price at Sonic restaurants in the Phoenix area.

From Time ● Sep. 20, 2015

So when the team grumbled about another night of hotel food afterward, Barnes Arico took them to Sonic for burgers and slushes.

From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2012

We keep walking until the water and dirt and mud slushes right up to our shins.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

The government watchdog said slushed ice drinks containing glycerol - a type of sweetener - were unsafe for young children, and consumption of them should be limited for children aged between seven and 10.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2025

When the bathrooms began flooding, the manager decided the night was canceled, and fans begrudgingly slushed their way out.

From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2020

In the final kilometer, Tewalt slushed through puddles and mud to finish in 16:28.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2018

The farmers market, which operates year-round in a dedicated, enclosed building, offered fresh produce, live music, slushed lemonade, and — the boys’ pick — sweet cinnamon rolls from Cloud Cliff Bakery.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2018

The slushed walls gradually peeled, inviting bats, rats and other nightly creatures to come live with us.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

“For 10 years we protested on the water, right here,” Tommaso Cacciari, a spokesman for the No Big Ships committee said, pointing at the slushing canal.

From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2021

Is there some sort of conflict of interest slushing beneath this piece, like a frozen river of bias?

From The Verge ● Jul. 28, 2015

British Leyland's "slushing," as the Daily Mail told it, amounted to $19.4 million in the 1975-76 financial year and is estimated at $42.5 million for 1977-78.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week Florida's 1,400,000 head of Brahmas, Santa Gertrudis, Herefords and Aberdeen-Anguses were so weakened by malnutrition and weeks of slushing around in soggy pastures that cattlemen feared deaths would reach 270,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

The icy mud sent little thrills of pain up their legs, so they ran, splashing through the puddles and slushing in the mud.

From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson




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