slug

Example Sentences

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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

She gets up, slugs the last of her coffee.

From Literature

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

“In the end, they not only ran it back, they sprinted it back, they slugged it back, and then, finally, they literally Will-ed it back,” I wrote.

From Los Angeles Times