as in loads
a considerable amount
we still have a slew of work to do on this project
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as in killed
to deprive of life
millions have been slain worldwide by this dreadful disease
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as in murdered
to put to death deliberately
vowed to slay without mercy whoever was responsible for murdering his family
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Recent Examples of slew
Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
But the reviews were great and online chatter picked up in the latter half of its run — particularly its final three episodes, which revealed a slew of twists about the title character and her teen sidekick (played by Locke).
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Lee Billings, Scientific American, 5 June 2024
The scope will slew to it and an image will appear on your mobile device's screen.
—PCMAG, 16 May 2024
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Noun
The Bears have been relatively healthy most of the season, at least avoiding a slew of season-ending injuries.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
But the reviews were great and online chatter picked up in the latter half of its run — particularly its final three episodes, which revealed a slew of twists about the title character and her teen sidekick (played by Locke).
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
The telescope has, in fact, relied on a version of the one-gyro mode for all its science observations since 2021, using three gyros for slewing to a target, then stabilizing its view via a single gyro and a fine guidance sensor once data collection begins.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 5 June 2024
The scope will slew to it and an image will appear on your mobile device's screen.
—PCMAG, 16 May 2024
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Their father had been murdered in their home, which was then looted and burnt to the ground.Angelina Jolie, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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Popular on Variety Chico Mendes, who was murdered by a rancher in 1988, is an international symbol of the struggle to protect the Amazon Rainforest.Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
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The band and their record label added tons of live recordings, new mixes, and other special bits of content that turned the one CD into a box set–the kind that fans of the band couldn’t wait to get their hands on.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Microsoft's approach also preserves tons of screenshots, which can include an array of sensitive information — although the company has settings to turn off the feature for specific apps and websites.Ina Fried, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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More than half of the deaths were in North Carolina, where several feet of fast-moving water destroyed entire communities.NBC News, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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The wineries surrounding this area did suffer some damage, but only one had a portion of its vineyards destroyed.Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Several pro-war Russian figures have been assassinated since the start of the war in operations Moscow blamed on Ukraine, including journalist Darya Dugina, war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky and former submarine commander Stanislav Rzhitsky.Artem Grudinin, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated in 2022 while making a speech for a ruling party candidate during a parliamentary election.Yuri Kageyama, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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More than a dozen Santa Clara alumni and other community leaders served as Opus Prize jurors, and 16 SCU students, faculty and staff members were ambassadors who joined on site visits to the prize finalists.Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Shakira, Bad Bunny, Anitta and Karol G are among the more than two dozen artists nominated for the biggest awards of the night — record of the year, album of the year and song of the year.Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Especially when executed at a large scale of hundreds of code changes, this becomes a management challenge.Mike Waas, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Texas nearly executed Roberson in 2016, but the process was halted days before by the state's highest criminal court, which allowed a lower court to conduct an evidentiary hearing.Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
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My friend gave me a whole bunch of her little girl’s clothes — such a high volume of items that some still had the tags on.Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Wolk herself responded to the controversy by tweeting a bunch, naturally.Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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By April of this year, only a handful of new Bolts remained on dealership lots.Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
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Built to its lot lines on all sides, the landmarked tower has a palazzo-type facade that extends from ground to roof, meant to assure of its strength and stability.Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Slew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slew. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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