His car 'slewed' [='skidded, veered'] sideways off the road.
A whole 'slew of' people [=a lot of people] were waiting.
He 'slewed' the telescope three degrees south.
(..) and seeing the conceptuals ... ... at the same time, the immediate reaction is: "There's no chance in hell this movie will be made." There's a whole slew of scenes I see being chopped out. It's just too unlike a large studio ... ... to take a chance on something that seems very alternative. (..)2001 The Matrix Revisited