Example Sentences

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Finally, after months of hunting the Giants, they had slayed them with a 2-1 win to advance to the National League Championship Series for the fifth time in six years.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2021

I didn’t feel like I had slayed the demon forever.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2020