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variants also slews or slues
plural of slough
as in marshes
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water the land for miles around the lake is strewn with ponds, sloughs, and mudflats

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sloughs

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verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of slough

sloughs

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verb (2)

variants also sluffs
present tense third-person singular of slough

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“Sloughs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sloughs. Accessed 29 Mar. 2023.

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