slew

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The common thread in this slew has been a Pandora prophesy, of sorts, whereby it's believed that American society will be sundered to an unrecognizable degree by state-endorsed ethical laxity.

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  1. noun Informal A large amount or number; a lot: a slew of unpaid bills.
  2. verb Past tense of slay.
  3. noun Variant of slough1.
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  • By this effort they caused the cylinder to turn round till its further revolutions were stopped by the increasing tightness of the hawser, which was wound on the cylinder as fast as the slew-ropes were wound off it. —  The Lieutenant and Commander
  • Then they found the man Conan slew, and knew him for a Wazuli. —  The Bloody Crown Of Conan
  • One I slew -- there is the stab in my thigh to prove how desperate was the fight. —  Conan The Warrior
  • We slew and we slew and we slew, and then the tide turned in their favor. —  The Guns of Avalon
  • The common thread in this slew has been a Pandora prophesy, of sorts, whereby it's believed that American society will be sundered to an unrecognizable degree by state-endorsed ethical laxity. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
 

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  1. Irish Gaelic sluagh, multitude, from Old Irish slúag.

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  1. Perhaps a mistaken singular of sluice, assumed to be a plural: see sluice.
 

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