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 The more inventory sloshing around the retail industry, the more money TJX makes. Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025 With sufficient photons, the cavity can act as an oscillator, with photons sloshing back and forth and creating interference patterns. ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025 The vacuum cleaner has powerful suction, and the mop cleans without sloshing and smearing water on the floor. Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 23 Apr. 2025 Other videos showed water sloshing out of the rooftop swimming pool of a high-rise hotel and spilling down the side of the building. Muktita Suhartono, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for slosh
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  • When any balance is disrupted though, the effects can ripple throughout the entire body.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 24 June 2025
  • That is rippling through school-adjacent housing markets that once saw inflated prices on the back of strong demand for better public schools.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 21 June 2025
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  • Rain splashed the table on this Wednesday morning during an interview in his office.
    Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 20 June 2025
  • Sake Ono Only a little over a year old, Sake Ono has splashed onto the sake scene with their clean, crisp Junmai Daiginjo.
    Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025

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“Slosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slosh. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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