slush
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Maxine Groffsky, one of the readers at Random House, plucked McCarthy’s pages from the slush pile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The court had determined that the strongman had given Chey 30bn Korean won from his slush fund in 1991, and told Chey to pay 1.38tn to his ex-wife.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The court's original 2024 ruling ordering the payout to Roh cited a 30 billion won slush fund her ex-president father used to propel SK Group's growth.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Dahlia Lithwick: If you put “American politics as usual” in some imaginary halcyon past at 1 and Watergate at 10, where’s this slush fund scandal registering for you?
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
I wheel Sarah along the street in her stroller, avoiding the mounds of melting slush.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
In 2023, McDonald’s launched a new restaurant concept called CosMc’s that served lattes, frappes, slushes and other novelty drinks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
They’ll slice up bluefin tuna as reddish ice slushes into a drain in the floor.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
The last is two blocks from Dairy Lodge — established 1958 — with soft-serve sundaes, slushes and, of course, a cherry-pie flurry.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2018
Arizona Cardinals The day after the Cardinals win, drinks and slushes are half price at Sonic restaurants in the Phoenix area.
From Time ● Sep. 20, 2015
We keep walking until the water and dirt and mud slushes right up to our shins.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
The government watchdog said slushed ice drinks containing glycerol - a type of sweetener - were unsafe for young children, and consumption of them should be limited for children aged between seven and 10.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2025
When the bathrooms began flooding, the manager decided the night was canceled, and fans begrudgingly slushed their way out.
From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2020
In the final kilometer, Tewalt slushed through puddles and mud to finish in 16:28.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2018
The farmers market, which operates year-round in a dedicated, enclosed building, offered fresh produce, live music, slushed lemonade, and — the boys’ pick — sweet cinnamon rolls from Cloud Cliff Bakery.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2018
The slushed walls gradually peeled, inviting bats, rats and other nightly creatures to come live with us.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
During the pandemic, when the government sent trillions of dollars slushing through the economy, bank deposits ballooned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
“For 10 years we protested on the water, right here,” Tommaso Cacciari, a spokesman for the No Big Ships committee said, pointing at the slushing canal.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2021
Is there some sort of conflict of interest slushing beneath this piece, like a frozen river of bias?
From The Verge ● Jul. 28, 2015
British Leyland's "slushing," as the Daily Mail told it, amounted to $19.4 million in the 1975-76 financial year and is estimated at $42.5 million for 1977-78.
From Time Magazine Archive
The icy mud sent little thrills of pain up their legs, so they ran, splashing through the puddles and slushing in the mud.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
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