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as in garbage
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
how can you stand to read that slush in the tabloids?
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as in cheese
that which is of low quality or worth
discovered that slush is what publishers want, so that's exactly what she'll write didn't want to put in the effort to produce anything better than slush
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Recent Examples of slush
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
Out on the street, the snow had turned to slush again.
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Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
New York Times,
15 May 2021
Kevin Nye attended the Juneau Trump rally, where vehicles, some decked with U.S. flags or banners supporting Trump, lined up Sunday to parade through town as the streets turned to slush from the snow and rain.
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Becky Bohrer,
Anchorage Daily News,
3 Nov. 2020
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Noun
The snow was turning to slush, creating the sort of conditions on which Shiffrin had barely practiced in months.
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Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
Out on the street, the snow had turned to slush again.
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Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
Beneath the dossier’s journey from media obsession to slush pile lies a broader and more troubling story.
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New York Times,
15 May 2021
Kevin Nye attended the Juneau Trump rally, where vehicles, some decked with U.S. flags or banners supporting Trump, lined up Sunday to parade through town as the streets turned to slush from the snow and rain.
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Becky Bohrer,
Anchorage Daily News,
3 Nov. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slush
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Since construction at the Eagle Rock site — so nicknamed after a decrepit colonnade — first stalled in 2008, the only thing that accumulated faster than the garbage and graffiti were the epithets from outraged community members.
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Relying Too Much On Garbage Disposals Though the name may be deceiving, garbage disposals aren’t actually designed to dispose of all garbage.
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Servers suggested mud crab, a variety known for its firmer, savory-sweetness that could handle the richness of the Macau-style curried coconut sauce in which it was baked.
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Pitman plunged a toilet full of dark liquid and called it mud.
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Stoke the mix with 2 cups of corn and crispy, salty pancetta (bacon’s thinner, quicker-cooking cousin).
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Don’t sleep on the corn tortillas to scoop it all up.
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Or a cartoony hamburger that is doing a little too much — the cheese drip a little too textured, the shine on the bun a little uncanny.
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Try Menorcan specialities like sobrasada – squidgy sausage – and at least three cheeses, plus the Catalan classic of grated tomato on bread with olive oil.
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Just be sure to spray in the right places rather than taking a broad strokes approach.
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Follow the label instructions, and do not spray when a plant is flowering.
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Even Hauser can’t rescue this culturally insensitive, stereotype-perpetuating nonsense.
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Some beer companies even make canned versions of the drink, but forget that nonsense — there is nothing better than a fresh, handmade michelada.
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Little filth flies such as drain flies breed in sludge and decaying matter that can build up in drain pipes, says Oi.
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The 29-year-old has arrived at Rolling Stone’s office in distressed cutoff denim shorts and custom boots self-designed to look like she’s been trekking through sludge à la Kate Moss at Glastonbury 2005.
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How to handle political texts safely If the texts continue, block the sender and report the message as junk.
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Get creative There are no rules to junk journaling.
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“Slush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slush. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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