skidding

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And the Nasdaq composite was skidding lower, with artificial-intelligence stocks having another tough day on Wall Street.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

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

The electric wheels on Rona's chair were skidding with the deep water and it was dangerous, so she had to sit outside.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Ogier crashed after skidding round a leafy corner, sending his car head-over-heels into a tree and losing a front wheel.

From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025

Behind the peach, skidding about all over the place in the peach juice, came the Mayor’s limousine, and behind the Mayor’s limousine came about twenty other limousines carrying all the important people of the City.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl