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slug

[sluhg] / slʌg /


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Bonta and Paramount are now poised to slug it out next spring in an Oakland courtroom.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

After winning plaudits across the globe for his World Cup performances with Cape Verde, goalkeeper Vozinha has another honour - with a newly discovered species of sea slug being named after him.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Data collected by 28 "slug sleuths" has helped researchers from Harper Adams University find environmentally friendly slug control methods in the form of "prediction maps".

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

This could encourage investments in boosting production, introducing a slug of supply into global markets.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

Aplysia, a sea slug that looks as though it couldn’t be good for anything, has been found by neurophysiologists to be filled with truth.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

The labor market’s recovery adds to signs Canada’s economy is settling after being slugged by trade uncertainty and U.S. tariffs.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

He slugged it out brilliantly with Mr Vango that day; the two of them were like Wilder-Chisora take two.

From BBC Apr. 9, 2026

“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 Dec. 31, 2025

He was facing Cardinals catcher Pedro Pagés, a weak hitter who slugged .363 for the year.

From Slate Nov. 11, 2025

She went to her computer and wrote some code, walked a set of punch cards to the mainframe in another building, and waited while it slugged through the calculations.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

Schick revolutionized shaving with injector razors and multiblades in a single cartridge, slugging it out in the marketplace for decades with rival shaving giant Gillette.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

Teoscar Hernández hasn’t been slugging the way he’s accustomed to.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Mr. Lewis documented how Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, seemed to have figured out offense by emphasizing slugging and on-base percentage over batting average.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

That could have mitigated the Dodgers’ huge advantage in slugging.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

Russian forces stopped the German advance just short of Moscow, but the two massive armies were still slugging it out along a battlefront stretching 1,500 miles from north to south.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin




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