skids

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Once-popular momentum trades that showered investors with outsize rewards last year finally hit the skids.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 7, 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

It is getting easier to find EV chargers in the U.S. just as the market for electric vehicles hits the skids.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 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

The cab skids away, and I hold my bag close and shut my eyes and say a frantic prayer that it all goes off okay.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle