slews

She had learned to call the slews "pugholes," and to watch for ducks at twilight.

Free Air Sinclair Lewis 1918

After a number of preliminary cracks of the whip, and sundry oaths and loud shouts administered to the 'leaders,' the driver got under way, and we were soon jolting -- at a speed of about four miles an hour -- over the 'slews' and ruts made by the recent rains.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

They hosted the Breakfast Club which fed slews of kids.

Justice Camp « Anglican Samizdat 2010

Jane had “slews of material” to pouch to Washington, but it was all in Malay or Dutch or French, and she was afraid it would never get read.

A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

The step-off is sort of leisurely—as you might expect of a 4,480-pound piece of beef cattle—and then the thing slews effortlessly up to speed.

For Your Big-Box Shopping, Drive a Big Box Dan Neil 2011

Jane had “slews of material” to pouch to Washington, but it was all in Malay or Dutch or French, and she was afraid it would never get read.

A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

He had slews and slathers of money, as Yankee Bill would say.

THE PEARLS OF PARLAY 2010

Audi "The R8's top mechanism slews in and out place in about 20 seconds, at speeds up to 30 mph, and stows under the Audi's outrageously cool rear decklid with finned aluminum strakes," writes Mr. Neil.

Audi R8: The Apex of Gasoline-Power 2010

What about the slews of inane rejections for little things like “your story is third person and we like first person stories”?

3am Thoughts – Brian Keene 2009

Again, the vessel rides up the wave and slews sideways down the back side.

OVERBOARD ! MICHAEL J. TOUGIAS 2010