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

[sloo] / slu /


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While most of his career was spent onstage, you’ll find his name in the credits of many films and shows and hear his baritone in a slew of video games and animated work.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Since the summer, companies including Google have bid $10 million or more in exchange for old emails, operating data and a slew of other information from Spirit Airlines, which went bankrupt last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Carter ruled following a 3½-hour hearing Tuesday, where a slew of attorneys for the state, county and independent voting rights groups argued against the administration’s demands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Meta has faced a slew of lawsuits in recent months.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

The Knight of Flowers could not have reached his second name day when Robert slew Prince Rhaegar on the Trident.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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

We link up a bunch of visits that are close together in the sky to avoid doing big, time-consuming slews.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 11, 2022

It’s a job in which you meet a slew of people and play in front of slews more.

From Washington Post ● May 7, 2022

It can also jump more whole heartedly into plans, say by hiring slews of new workers to transform it, without having to explain the jump in expenses to shareholders in its next quarterly report.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 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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