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skid

verb as in slide against will

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Harden, 36, played a career-high 51 minutes and scored 10 points over the two overtime periods as the Clippers held on to halt a six-game skid.

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Its motorized innards were prone to skidding, seizing and unexplained work stoppages, causing the crew to occasionally handle the camera like a vending machine that had stolen their money.

According to prosecutors, the airbag-related data from Bohm’s car showed that even as the stability control system kicked in at 93 mph, as he began to skid, he continued to accelerate before reaching 104 mph.

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Both companies listed their shares in Hong Kong on Thursday, adding to existing Nasdaq listings, and the shares skidded in their Hong Kong debut in a reflection of investor doubts about profitability.

At the third attempt, just outside Bourgas, the car skidded off the road into the lake.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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