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as in insult
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
a rowdy group of patrons was kicked out of the theater for shouting slurs
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as in stain
a mark of guilt or disgrace
your drunken behavior at the wedding has cast a slur on this family
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as in to insult
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Recent Examples of slur
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
Alannah Keyser has been cut from Love Island USA after a video of her using a racial slur resurfaced on social media.
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Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
25 June 2026
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
Someone suffering hypothermia might appear uncoordinated or slur their speech.
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Karl Hille,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Jan. 2026
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Noun
According to Spell and members of his congregation, the man had a history of verbally harassing them with threats, insults and racial slurs.
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Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
Alannah Keyser has been cut from Love Island USA after a video of her using a racial slur resurfaced on social media.
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Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
25 June 2026
Verb
In 2011, the actress had to be escorted offstage after slurring her words and rambling during a speech at an event honoring former Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
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Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
Someone suffering hypothermia might appear uncoordinated or slur their speech.
—
Karl Hille,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slur
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In recent weeks, Avila Chevalier has been under a microscope for her past tweets, including posts calling for defunding the police and abolishing the border, alongside harsh insults of big-name Democrats such as former Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Michael Lind, the writer and New America co-founder, argues in Commonplace, the magazine of Oren Cass’s American Compass, that a decent wage and a safety net should be enough, and that handing workers a stake in capital insults the dignity of their labor.
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Ignoring water stains can lead to mold growth, structural damage, or costly repairs over time.
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Textra 11 Apex is not trying to replace a heavy-duty carpet extractor, and Fanttik is clear that it is not intended for stubborn, set-in stains or pet hair removal.
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When trolling for pike the Griz goes with Rapala Rattlin Raps or floating Rapala stick baits when the weeds are higher.
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Nine days after the Negra Francisca sank, another Ecuadorean fishing boat was trolling the fertile fishing grounds off the Galapagos.
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But the pop culture of twelve years ago is baffling, uncanny, affronting.
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Many Idaho liberals of all ages were especially affronted by the fact that the Israeli government paid for the lawmakers’ travel, said Olivia Luna, the president of Idaho’s Babe Vote, who signed the letter as an individual calling for Rubel’s resignation.
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Meanwhile, sitcoms like Friends marked a movement toward irony in comedy with its trademark tongue-in-cheek banter and sarcasm, Thompson explains.
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That is said without the least bit of sarcasm.
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The prosecutor’s subjective good faith does not cure the retaliatory taint.
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The good news is that the gala survived its Bezos taint.
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Wow is the jawline in profile: that transcendent shift from saggy to sharp, obtuse to acute.
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In the fall, the workers trade in their pruning shears for knives sharp enough to skin a deer in minutes.
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For his followers, blaspheming the Holocaust and celebrating Hitler became a way to signal contempt for the political religion of postwar liberalism.
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China banned the ad for insulting national dignity and blaspheming traditional culture.
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“Slur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slur. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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