skids

Example Sentences

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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

Stella said the amount of excessive wear on the metal skids was "relatively minor".

From BBC • Nov. 27, 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

It races back up the street and skids to a stop beside us.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas