as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily
the unpleasant task of sloughing through the muck to retrieve the ball
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as in shedding
to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside
the snake is sloughing its old skin
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Recent Examples of sloughing
Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2025
Skincare, after all, begins precisely with one’s choice of cleanser, setting the stage for clean, glowing skin by morning and sloughing away the day’s impurities by night.
—Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2025
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So, on Thursday night’s show Kimmel doubled-down once again, sloughing off the latest attack from the leader of the free world on his late night comedy show.
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“Sloughing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sloughing. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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