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Recent Examples of slunk
The team slunk out of Wrigley Field two games later facing the abyss.
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Andy McCullough, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Andy McCullough, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slunk
Verb
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The terrain was steep and mountainous, the forests were thick, and threats from buffalo and leopards lurked in the wilderness.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Was Blass’s mental block a sign of what lurked on the other side of these quotidian failures?—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Meanwhile, anyone who actually followed through on those long-ago threats to quit the NFL seems to have snuck back into the fold.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Charlie McAvoy came down from his right point spot and sneaked through a shot that goalie Akira Schmid could not handle.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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On a warm day in September, Schlink’s son crawled on the squishy, rubber surface of the large playground near their house.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Oct. 2025
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This time, of the five live roaches, the least shy sashayed across the floor in front of the cookline and crawled under a dining area table.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Slunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slunk. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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