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as in slopping
to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets
while painting the Windsor chair, he carelessly sloshed paint all over the adjacent wall
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Recent Examples of sloshing
Tomei added that another potential driver for precious metals is also excess liquidity sloshing through global markets.
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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
Plenty of money is sloshing around the Texas Senate race.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
The vacuum cleaner has powerful suction, 8,000 Pa, and the mop cleans without sloshing and smearing water on the floor.
—Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 2026
But with the second installment still sloshing around in my memory, my sense of wonder began to wander during this film's three and a quarter hours.
—Bob Mondello, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025
Ford would then have to cradle 10 cups of sloshing lemonade on the drive home.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
Where else were so many opinionated readers and writers sloshing in the same warm pool water, where the frenzied, silly posting merged real life stakes with absolute, terrifying chaos?
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
Footage of the ordeal, which Anaver shared on his Facebook page that Sunday morning, showed many of his belongings sloshing around in the water inside his home as the storm passed through.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
To boot, the hundreds of billions of dollars sloshing around the AI industry has left investors with plenty of cash to back up their optimism.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
Plenty of money is sloshing around the Texas Senate race.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
The vacuum cleaner has powerful suction, 8,000 Pa, and the mop cleans without sloshing and smearing water on the floor.
—Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 2026
But with the second installment still sloshing around in my memory, my sense of wonder began to wander during this film's three and a quarter hours.
—Bob Mondello, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025
Ford would then have to cradle 10 cups of sloshing lemonade on the drive home.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
Where else were so many opinionated readers and writers sloshing in the same warm pool water, where the frenzied, silly posting merged real life stakes with absolute, terrifying chaos?
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
Footage of the ordeal, which Anaver shared on his Facebook page that Sunday morning, showed many of his belongings sloshing around in the water inside his home as the storm passed through.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
To boot, the hundreds of billions of dollars sloshing around the AI industry has left investors with plenty of cash to back up their optimism.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sloshing
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Currently, sewage and industrial waste drops from culvert pipes onto rocks below, creating splashing that releases airborne pollutants.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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As for tools, Byatt employs a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, some plastic wrap to control splashing once the buttermilk separates from the fat solids, and a bowl of ice water to help rinse out the last remaining buttermilk.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Men wake up with rippling biceps, Hawaiian-roll abs, and the kind of jawline even other men notice.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
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As silver prices surge to multi-year highs, hitting $75 per ounce as of January 5, 2026, shockwaves are rippling through China’s solar manufacturing heartland.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Sloshing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sloshing. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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