slay
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See: Warsh says he’s determined to slay inflation.
From MarketWatch β Jul. 2, 2026
But, entertaining as it is to watch them slay one another with smiling faces, I am not sure the characters are representative of the culture at large.
From The Wall Street Journal β Apr. 23, 2026
David should not have to slay Goliath to win a championship trophy at the high school level.
From Los Angeles Times β Nov. 29, 2025
The Atlantic story and other accounts of Kennedy make it clear he views himself as the lone hero of a great battle, a Beowulf intending to slay a dragon of dogma and lies.
From Salon β Nov. 29, 2025
He would be willing to die himself, he said—“But not even for my own city will I slay my son.”
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
If Evil-Lyn can stop Adam with a freeze-ray, why does she wait until he slays many of her colleagues to do so?
From The Wall Street Journal β Jun. 4, 2026
She’s only 5 feet 3 but slays taller girls competing in those events.
From Los Angeles Times β May 21, 2025
Powell slays a dragon, he listens to Van Halen, he quotes William Wallace, and carves a self-portrait out of a tree.
From Slate β Feb. 10, 2025
They have become renowned for their pre-game build-up, the highlight being a video show projected onto the ice in which an armour-clad knight on skates slays a fire-breathing dragon.
From BBC β Feb. 7, 2024
“But me, I think instead of writing about baseball or football, I’m gonna write about a knight who slays a fire-breathing dragon.”
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
An anime film slayed its Hollywood competition at the box office this weekend.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 14, 2025
Moderates are taking the proposal in stride, declaring victory after having slayed the sort of overhauls that Roy and others were pushing for.
From Slate β May 13, 2025
The extent to which Glaser slayed her part cannot be overstated.
From Salon β Jan. 6, 2025
"We literally ran from the Radisson Red, there were no soundchecks and Daniel went on and just absolutely slayed the audience. He was just sensational," he said.
From BBC β May 6, 2024
If they could see us, they might see how I’m slayed, crippled with grief.
From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Stepping into the newly renovated Vilnius airport, visitors are greeted with a slew of billboards advertising products "Made in Lithuania", including cybersecurity giant NordVPN.
From Barron's β Aug. 2, 2026
A slew of lawsuits against coding bootcamps in recent years are a reminder it doesn’t always work out well when workers pay to learn new skills.
From MarketWatch β Jul. 31, 2026
These latest duties will affect some 60 economies, hitting nearly all U.S. imports, with rates from 10% to 12.5%, and they come on top of a slew of other border taxes.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 24, 2026
Iza, who has been in federal custody since September 2024, has pleaded guilty to a slew of charges in California and Connecticut and awaits sentencing.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 20, 2026
And I did, too, in a whole slew of forms, so we could collect the money from the U.S.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
“Princess Mononoke” begins with a worm-covered demon attacking a pastoral village, only to be slain by its prince, Ashitaka.
From Salon β Jul. 22, 2026
The children of Grammy-nominated rapper and activist Nipsey Hussle have reportedly received their share of his estate, more than seven years after he was slain in South Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 7, 2026
Three days of public mourning in Tehran for its slain supreme leader ended with a major political spectacle the men now in charge wanted the world to see.
From BBC β Jul. 7, 2026
On Monday, Iranian television broadcast large crowds of mourners slowly walking alongside the black truck carrying Khamenei’s flag-draped coffin and those of several slain relatives.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 6, 2026
Laomedon promised, but when Hercules had slain the monster the King refused to pay.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
The big break came 10 days after the slaying, when a veteran Hollywood stuntman, Gary McLarty, whose industry nickname was “Whiz Kid,” limped into the LAPD’s North Hollywood station.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 30, 2026
“In many ways, he always thought that he was Saint George slaying the dragon,” the author writes.
From The Wall Street Journal β Mar. 22, 2026
Mr. Staiti says that McCrea’s slaying was reported in “dozens of newspapers,” from Boston to Charleston.
From The Wall Street Journal β Dec. 14, 2025
All charges have been dismissed against one of four suspects in the 2023 slaying of Oakland police Officer Tuan Le, Alameda County D.A. says.
From Los Angeles Times β Dec. 12, 2025
He thought the flocks and herds of the Greeks were the Army, and rushed to kill them, believing that he was slaying now this chieftain, now that.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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