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Recent Examples of slush fund
Immediately after the slush fund was announced, a bipartisan group of lawmakers expressed their disgust.
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The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2026
The Jackson Estate is supposed to be a prudent, fiscally responsible entity that supports the Jackson family – not a slush fund to help John Branca live out his Hollywood mogul fantasies.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026
The money went to the California State Protocol Foundation, a nonprofit that operates like a slush fund to pay for Newsom’s high-profile international travel.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
These charges, Mayweather says, imply that the Pacquiao revenue pool was used as a slush fund to pay unrelated costs, like the Berto payout.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
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The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2026
The Jackson Estate is supposed to be a prudent, fiscally responsible entity that supports the Jackson family – not a slush fund to help John Branca live out his Hollywood mogul fantasies.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026
The money went to the California State Protocol Foundation, a nonprofit that operates like a slush fund to pay for Newsom’s high-profile international travel.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
These charges, Mayweather says, imply that the Pacquiao revenue pool was used as a slush fund to pay unrelated costs, like the Berto payout.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slush fund
Noun
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How the Pulsetto Vagus Nerve Stimulation Device Works Pulsetto is a wearable that delivers non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation through a band placed at the neck.—
Samantha Agate,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
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This is one of the most common questions in Pulsetto vagus nerve stimulation device product info and reviews from prospective buyers.—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
Noun
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No matter the motivation or trading strategy, going short is a bet that a stock will decline in price.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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Osuch said the ability to keep his future options open was his motivation.—
Cyril A. Reinicke,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Competitor Ross saw comparable sales jump a staggering 17%, beating expectations of 9%, and also attributed some of its outsize growth to extra stimulus.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
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The Obama administration did spend $34 million from the $787 billion 2009 economic stimulus package — or less than four one-thousandths of 1% of the total package — to reconstruct the Reflecting Pool in a two-year project that wrapped up in August 2012.—
Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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Building more starter homes may be harder, since the financial incentives are to build more expensive homes.—
Allison Schrager,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
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People also will receive help with family reunification, landlord incentives, case conferences, and finding safe parking.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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The Austrian artist Valie Export, who died last week, at the age of eighty-five, saw the female body as a site of both seduction and opposition.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
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In a world that often feels increasingly bleak and politically exhausted, there’s comfort in leaning into softness, seduction, and fantasy, and in letting your wardrobe reflect that desire too.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Takaichi’s Japan is now headed in the opposite direction, with Xi’s campaign of vilification a vital spur.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
2 June 2026
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Gold and silver metallic tones can also be used to evoke the look of belt buckles, spurs, and other metallic accessories.—
Elle Turner,
Glamour,
31 May 2026
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One of Lino Brocka’s lasting successes, 1988’s ‘Macho Dancer’ combines a flair for socially conscious melodrama with pulp provocation, setting the template for what would become Viva Films’ erotic niche to this day.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 June 2026
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The provocation is what matters.—
Brian Solis,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Much of that violence can be blamed on anti-Jewish incitement that draws on the deepest foundations of anti-Jewish myth.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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The Nationalist government thought television an incitement to sedition.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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“Slush fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slush%20fund. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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