skid
Example Sentences
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Police believe icy surfaces likely caused the trucks to skid on the roads.
From BBC
New York snaps Milwaukee’s seven-game winning streak, ending the Knicks’ lengthy skid against the visiting Bucks with a Christmas Day win.
From Los Angeles Times
Nike’s stock skidded Friday after the sportswear maker said it expects sales to decline.
Writer-director Michael Shanks plays their discordant musical taste like a minor joke among all the major reasons why their codependent relationship has hit the skids.
From Los Angeles Times
That would translate into its worst single-day percentage drop since an 11.4% skid on Jan. 30, assuming the move holds through the close, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
