slosh

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as in to ripple
to move with a splashing motion the baby gurgled contentedly as the water sloshed gently around him in the bathtub

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as in to splash
to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets while painting the Windsor chair, he carelessly sloshed paint all over the adjacent wall

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Recent Examples of slosh To boot, the hundreds of billions of dollars sloshing around the AI industry has left investors with plenty of cash to back up their optimism. Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025 The patient − a baby raccoon − was sloshed. Michael Collins, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025 Blood and vomit sloshed on the floor, and some of the men fainted from the pain and the stress. Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025 Those gravitational waves still exist today and gently slosh over Earth. Paul Sutter, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for slosh
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  • Predicting something that has becoming increasingly unpredictable is an impossible task, but here’s a look at how the shutdown could ripple through critical avenues of everyday life.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
  • But his willingness to throw out independent commissions, and his success in getting Democrats to follow him, is rippling throughout his party.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
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  • The denser and heat-resistant components that may survive the plunge will splash down into the ocean, where they are expected to harmlessly sink to the ocean floor, according to NASA.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
  • But the recent debut definitely distinguishes itself a little from the typical oversized American white trailer box splashed with generic swoosh graphics.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2025

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“Slosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slosh. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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