skidding
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 • Feb. 2, 2026
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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
As UBS analyst Robin Farley has pointed out, in her Neutral-rating notes, the KKR deal will only prove wise if the motorcycle maker can turn around its skidding sales.
From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025
"It was hands and knees stuff and skidding down on your bum through water," he said.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025
And we jump on down the hill, skidding on leaves and wet vines, using rocks as handholds as best we can.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
