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The publication of the report follows the outcome of the BBC's own investigation into what led to the slur being broadcast, which was published earlier this week.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

Once a slur that implied homosexuality was shamefully deviant, “queer” was “reclaimed” in the 1980s by gay activists as a synonym for “gay.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026

"In that instance, the edit team did hear the racial slur on the feed and removed it immediately from the version of the ceremony that would be broadcast later that evening," Davie said.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026

That this didn’t happen has sparked a back-and-forth about culpability, with Deadline reporting BAFTA’s assurance that it made the BBC and the broadcast’s producers aware that the slur was audible shortly after Davidson blurted it.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026

My gaze leaped from bleary note to blotted slur, none yielding music, none quitting me of clamor.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

The recording does not capture audio of the alleged slurs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

Ceremony host Alan Cumming described the night as "trauma triggering", adding: "We were all let down by decisions made to both broadcast slurs and censor free speech."

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026

A spokesperson for the charity Tourettes Action said it "deeply" understood the offence and harm caused by racial slurs.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

A national 2024 Center for American Progress survey found that one in three LGBTQI+ Americans experienced verbal harassment — including offensive comments, slurs and jokes — in their place of work.

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026

Nooses, racial slurs, and overt bigotry are widely condemned by people across the political spectrum; they are understood to be remnants of the past, no longer reflective of the prevailing public consensus about race.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

His mum, Stacey, had begun vomiting and had slurred speech after waking up.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

He skipped over and slurred words as he tried to maintain an artificially quick tempo.

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026

Mr. Massie, whose slurred accent sounds at once Scottish, English and French, possesses the sort of old-world education presently facing extinction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

"His speech was slurred and sometimes we could hardly understand him," Yehia says.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025

“We’ll get back to Camp Lejeune someday,” Mrs. Meecham said, her eyes hunting for her husband’s plane again, her voice trailing off into a slurred whisper.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Chopin sought to convey these moods through explicit performing directions about fingering, pedaling and slurring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

A prominent Australian television reporter apologised Thursday after slurring her way through a live broadcast from the Winter Olympics in a clip that went viral.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

The most common symptoms are struggling to smile or raise an arm, and slurring words when speaking.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2024

In the beginning, he said, “The discord and division of our country must be healed,” slurring the word, “discord.”

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2024

His cheeks were coated with an armor of frost, one eye was frozen shut, and he was slurring his words badly.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer