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Recent Examples of slunk
From there, two of the thieves slinked up the ladder to smash a window that leads to the Galerie d’Apollon on the museum’s second floor.
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Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2025
The team slunk out of Wrigley Field two games later facing the abyss.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slunk
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Cartoons With a Purpose Some shows snuck in bits of learning without making a big deal about it.—
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The two-hour closer also snuck in a nod to Stranger Things‘ origins.—
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Shackleton began collecting interviews and shot evocative B-roll footage of ghostly California freeways and parking lots where the killer may have once lurked.—
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Darkness and desperation always lurked behind the gonzo decadence, a dynamic that’s missing on the comparatively bright-eyed Stardust.—
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Aftershocks are typically minor adjustments along the portion of a fault that slipped at the time of the initial earthquake.—
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Stevenson slipped tackles on his season-long 56-yard run and 20-yarder, bouncing off hits and running with power and vision not seen from him since September.—
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Fleury was shoved to the ice by Golden Knights winger Keegan Kolesar after sending a breakout pass and slid backward into the end boards.—
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Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes have been romantically linked since 2022, when the country singer slid into his DMs.—
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“Slunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slunk. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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