slurred (over)

past tense of slur (over)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slurred (over)
Verb
  • For the past five years, Juneteenth has been recognized as a federal holiday, encouraging people across the country to reflect not only on the nation's tangled past with slavery, but the wider legacy of forgotten, ignored and intentionally buried stories about Black America.
    Drew Pittock, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • Against such seismic personal developments, the simultaneous grown and depletion of White Rock and its environs happen at a far more gradual pace, but don’t go ignored by Choijoovanchig and his patient camera.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • It’s called the Zeigarnik effect, first studied by the Soviet psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik in 1927, after her professor observed that waiters remembered the details of unpaid orders but forgot orders whose bills had been settled.
    Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • Mom placed her purse on the top of the toilet tank, forgot about it and returned to the car.
    Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • The Blue Jackets promoted Pascal Vincent to replace Babcock, even though Vincent had been passed over in each of their previous two coach searches.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • He was named by Sporting News as the best college basketball player of the decade and passed over in the draft by 28 of 30 NBA teams.
    Sam Evan Sussman, Vogue, 10 June 2026
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“Slurred (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slurred%20%28over%29. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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