slough

But competition in the industry is heating up as other insurers slough off inflationary distortions, analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

It’s the sort of drill where it’s easy enough to slough off a rep or two.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025

“I’m pretty positive that every one of my family members have gone up and down the slough at one time or another.”

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2024

It probably gets into the water as bits slough off when the bottle is squeezed or gets exposed to heat.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2024

There I was, padding about in a dressing-gown, making a slough of sentiment out of a commonplace hotel bedroom.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Today, abandoned barge cranes lie rusting and rotting in delta sloughs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Every half-decade or so, Justin Bieber sloughs off the callused skin of the pop superstar he became at age 15 to reveal the tender and quirky R&B singer he’s always been at heart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2025

But there's no small amount of controversy when it comes to marshes, mires, fens, bogs, vernal pools, prairie ponds, pocosins, sloughs, small streams, seasonal streams, and rain-dependent streams.

From Salon ● May 2, 2023

A portion of the lining of the uterus sloughs off during each menstrual period, and then builds up again in preparation for an implantation.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

In the room beyond the landing, the burning curtain sloughs off its rod.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

That love is palpable in “Drifting Toward Twilight” and its accompanying documentary, which sees Saar fawning over the orange tint of sloughed bark and the mystical qualities of garden scraps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

The material lasted for about five days, after which it was sloughed off along with the top layer of tissue as the surgical wounds healed.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2024

I’d explain how my daughter sloughed off embryos that were surgically implanted at $30,000 a pop.

From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2024

The state has relatively young mountains from a geology standpoint, meaning much of its steep terrain is still in motion and covered in loose rocks and soil that can be sloughed off easily.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024

She smiled at Kaede, a smile that sloughed off Kaede’s lingering doubts and sadnesses, and she said, “My huntress: You shall have your reward for what you have given me.”

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

At best, the idea relates to some kind of individual flourishing, the opposite of corporate serfdom, a sloughing off of organizational chains leading to an explosion of creativity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

And yet here he is, sloughing off yet another weekend for the cause—ignoring all evidence to the contrary that a better world is possible.

From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2025

Rather than correct them, Liz decides to keep up the pretense — no great stretch for someone so used to sloughing off and trying on one alias after another.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025

Ethnicity and age did not appear to affect touch DNA deposits and the small sample of those with sloughing skin conditions, like eczema, did not show any significant association with primary DNA transfer.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024

Frequently her sloughing step had made her trip over that one.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison