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“As a physician I couldn’t deny that I had slurred speech, that I was having weakness on one side,” she said, “but I was like, ‘Well, this is a dream, right?’”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

She had no alcohol in her system but had slurred speech and couldn’t follow instructions, Butler said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2022

According to the complaint, Christie had slurred speech and a facial droop during an August hospital visit but the radiologist found no abnormalities after an MRI.

From Washington Times • Mar. 22, 2017

Manny asked him something and he felt that he had slurred the answer, but Manny seemed satisfied.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers

If anything, Hunter had slurred the immense influence Eustis exerted, and the calamitous effect his failure would have upon the plain people who looked up to him with such unlimited trust.

From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Oemler, Marie Conway