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
Steven Aquino, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
The forecast comes as the states have experienced a dry spell following a slew of atmospheric rivers in November.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 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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The new round was led by Insight Partners along with a slew of participating venture capital firms.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
The forecast comes as the states have experienced a dry spell following a slew of atmospheric rivers in November.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 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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Was this simply a tragic accident or was the horse murdered?GrrlScientist, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The shooter murdered 26 people in the school, including 20 children.Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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This warm hoodie is ideal for a ton of winter activities.Will Porter, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2024
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The Astros lost a ton of games on purpose, and cashed in the resulting high draft picks into a powerful nucleus that drove their run of success.Tony Blengino, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Initial assessments indicate at least seven structures destroyed and eight damaged, though further evaluations are pending, said Marrone, the Los Angeles County fire chief.Hanna Park, Robert Shackelford and Mary Gilbert, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Franklin fire is burning within much of the footprint of 2018’s devastating Woolsey fire, which destroyed more than 1,600 structures and burned about 97,000 acres in Malibu, the Santa Monica Mountains and surrounding communities of Thousand Oaks, Oak Park and Agoura Hills.Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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After the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched its attack on Israel in October last year, Hezbollah began exchanging fire with Israel, prompting an Israeli retaliation that had the group’s top brass assassinated and significantly debilitated its capabilities.Mostafa Salem, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
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The next day, he was assassinated.La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
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At two dozen players, that’s between $120,000 and $252,000 in annual revenue.Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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There was also another dozen cash and in-kind prizes handed out by a raft of sponsors including the Arab Cinema Center, Filmmore, Freshly Ground Stories, Ithra, Ambient Light, Rotana Studios and Titrafilm.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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This year, a record has been broken in Saudi Arabia’s history – 300 people have been executed.Ben Church, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Legendary recently executed a management buyout of Wanda Group’s stake in the independent studio.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Survivor producers always throw a bunch of twists out there.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Google has worked to bring as many features as possible into the model itself, rather than run a bunch of individual and siloed products, in order to be able to do more with Gemini in more places.David Pierce, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2024
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The landscaped lot has a big front porch, a patio with a flat-screen TV, a firepit, and an outdoor kitchen with a pizza oven.The Week Staff, theweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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The School Board learned this past spring that lots for 1,500 new homes in Prairie Grove had been approved by the city, according to Superintendent Lance Campbell.Lynn Kutter, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Slew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slew. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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