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At a time when capitulating to the mainstream was regarded as selling out, R.E.M.’s move to a major label stung, as if the band had sloughed off its loyalists for the teeming masses.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024

David Cameron and George Osborne were all-conquering - they had sloughed off the constraints of coalition and headed the first Conservative majority government to take office since 1992.

From BBC • May 8, 2017

Because of the blood, she couldn't clearly see the tumor, or tell whether it had sloughed clumps of cells into the vitreous, the clear gel that fills the eyeball.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2011

But in court last fortnight, Barrett told a sad tale: his appliqu�d nose had sloughed off.

From Time Magazine Archive

The paint had begun to peel and sections of it had sloughed off altogether.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini