skid

Example Sentences

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The agency’s rules touch virtually every facet of transportation safety, including regulations that keep airplanes in the sky, prevent gas pipelines from exploding and stop freight trains carrying toxic chemicals from skidding off the rails.

From Salon

He skids to a stop on the packed dirt and shouts, between pants, “He’s on the move!”

From Literature

Southern California home prices dropped again in December, capping off a yearlong skid that saw the average home value in the six-county region drop by more than $7,000.

From Los Angeles Times

I take off for the kitchen and skid to a stop at the table.

From Literature

But they were bigger and faster, and he skidded down a slope to a little rivulet.

From Literature