1
as in insults
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
a rowdy group of patrons was kicked out of the theater for shouting slurs
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2
as in stains
a mark of guilt or disgrace
your drunken behavior at the wedding has cast a slur on this family
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Recent Examples of slurs
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
One of the suspects directed a dog to attack a 54-year-old man while yelling slurs, police said.
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Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2026
The crew and the two witnesses say a white or Hispanic man with a dog got out first and then moved aggressively towards the crew while shouting racial slurs targeted at one of our journalists.
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Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
In last year’s Season 7, two contestants, Yulissa Escobar and Cierra Ortega, were also caught using racial slurs and had to exit the Villa.
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Jack Dunn,
Variety,
28 June 2026
That same night, screenshots of her using slurs in videos and in messages were circulating online, per USA Today.
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Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Later in the season, contestant Cierra Ortega's past use of racial slurs targeting Chinese people also resurfaced online.
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Deirdre Durkan,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
According to Spell and members of his congregation, the man had a history of verbally harassing them with threats, insults and racial slurs.
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Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
The suspect tried to open the aircraft door during the flight and, when restrained by the crew, uttered racial and homophobic slurs against the professionals, the statement said.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
Noun
Last year, contestants Cierra Ortega and Yulissa Escobar were dismissed from the show for their use of racist slurs.
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Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
One of the suspects directed a dog to attack a 54-year-old man while yelling slurs, police said.
—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2026
The crew and the two witnesses say a white or Hispanic man with a dog got out first and then moved aggressively towards the crew while shouting racial slurs targeted at one of our journalists.
—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
In last year’s Season 7, two contestants, Yulissa Escobar and Cierra Ortega, were also caught using racial slurs and had to exit the Villa.
—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
28 June 2026
That same night, screenshots of her using slurs in videos and in messages were circulating online, per USA Today.
—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Later in the season, contestant Cierra Ortega's past use of racial slurs targeting Chinese people also resurfaced online.
—
Deirdre Durkan,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
According to Spell and members of his congregation, the man had a history of verbally harassing them with threats, insults and racial slurs.
—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
The suspect tried to open the aircraft door during the flight and, when restrained by the crew, uttered racial and homophobic slurs against the professionals, the statement said.
—
ABC News,
24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slurs
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According to Spell and members of his congregation, the man had a history of verbally harassing them with threats, insults and racial slurs.
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Michael Lind, the writer and New America co-founder, argues in Commonplace, the magazine of Oren Cass’s American Compass, that a decent wage and a safety net should be enough, and that handing workers a stake in capital insults the dignity of their labor.
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Textra 11 Apex is not trying to replace a heavy-duty carpet extractor, and Fanttik is clear that it is not intended for stubborn, set-in stains or pet hair removal.
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The lids are made with Rubbermaid’s BPA-free StainShield plastic, which resists odors and stains without warping in the dishwasher.
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Musselwhite punctuated the music with his harmonica trills and moans while his right knee bounced in time with the rhythms.
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Is that panic, when the flute trills high?
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First seen at a night-club table of menacing lowlifes, Ida, whose mother tongue is Brooklynese, suddenly switches to a heavy British accent and dispenses a torrent of highly literary sarcasms.
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Dabbing the cloth in rubbing alcohol, working away the dirty blots on the glass, waiting for the haze in my head to focus, and a new line to come to me.
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One of the few blots on last summer’s Leeds copybook.
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Richard Marx croons his way onto Billboard’s jazz charts for the first time in a career as a lead recording artist that dates back almost 40 years.
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Murray — beloved for iconic roles in Groundhog Day, Ghostbusters, Caddyshack and other films — croons spirited renditions of timeless songs, from Bob Dylan to the Kinks to Tommy Tutone.
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The whole project ties together as a powerful critique of modern mental health stigmas and sexism, as history's witch hunts were byproducts of multiple layers of prejudice and misunderstanding.
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Social-media platforms are filled with short-form videos that clumsily grapple with stigmas surrounding height supremacy.
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This deck area positively hums with IG brunch-scene potential.
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To prevent its data centers from overheating, SpaceX plans to adopt liquid cooling, but not the kind that hums inside your desktop PC.
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“Slurs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slurs. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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