skids

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“It’s about being in the room where it happens, where deals are getting done or at least where the skids are getting greased,” says Charlie Sultan, president of Concur Travel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

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 • Dec. 18, 2025

After a brief reprieve, stocks linked to artificial-intelligence trade hit the skids this week, as investors once again shifted their money into anything with a whiff of value.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 13, 2025

The skids are situated in the underfloor wooden plank, which also has a minimum depth for the same reason.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2025

As it skids down the steep, irregular terrain in fits and starts, the mass of ice splinters into a jumble of huge, tottering blocks called seracs, some as large as office buildings.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer