variants
also sluffs (off)
as in loses
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
finally sloughed off the depression that had been weighing him down for months
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In another story, Cara, a single parent, loses her apartment when her landlord refuses to fix her hot water heater.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026 -
Each team needs a win for its NCAA Tournament resume, and whoever loses will probably need a run at the SEC Tournament to make the field.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Feb. 2026
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And top-down impositions could also be painted as less democratic, because the state essentially rejects the self-determination of local communities to oppose new developments.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
24 Feb. 2026
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While Russia rejects the court’s jurisdiction, attacks on objects indispensable to civilian survival are prohibited under the Geneva Conventions and customary international law.—
Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
24 Feb. 2026
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Nature dumps 12 to 18 inches of inconvenience uniformly across an entire community and leaves it up to you and your neighbors to sort out the mess.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
23 Feb. 2026
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If someone illegally dumps a couch or a mattress or does something and throws it onto the shoulder of the highway.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
17 Feb. 2026
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Even if Mamdani believes that a single week of outreach before a sweep is adequate warning, any outreach effort that ultimately tosses away our clients’ possessions and treats our clients without dignity will never foster any trust amongst our clients.—
Deborah Berkman,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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But don’t let any of that hinder you from seeing director/co-screenwriter Ryan Prows’ nutso horror movie, which also tosses some decidedly less effective social commentary onto the barbie.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
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The program has focused on turning waste into artwork while raising awareness about how much plastic the community throws away.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Last season, Penn State was a few throws away from reaching the national championship game, leading at halftime but falling to Notre Dame 26-23 in the Orange Bowl.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Try the Storm Chaser, which sends you into a zero-gravity fall, catches you in a funnel, then discards you into a pool below.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, Gans discards the psychological and spatial logic that gave meaning to the original telling’s dream-like sense of disorientation.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
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These inexpensive-but-luxe-looking trousers give the wearer the best of both worlds with an elongating silhouette and chic bootcut that’s ideal for office wear and a faux fly that eliminates the need for buttons or zippers.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Feb. 2026
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Replacing phone calls with digital matching By using standardized digital information shared among medical facilities, Carenector eliminates the need for staff to make phone calls or send faxes.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Feb. 2026
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Today, the American automaker soft-launched a new front end that ditches the traditional open-mouth grille for more of a horizontal-bar RoboCop-eye-slit design with upswept headlights.—
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
25 Feb. 2026
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Fennell ditches the back half of the book (pretty much everything that happens after a key character’s death), while reading a great deal of unspoken desire between the lines.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Sloughs (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sloughs%20%28off%29. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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