slide

Example Sentences

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Fine control over surface texture could help regulate friction, allowing small robots to either grip surfaces or slide across them.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

U.S. stocks extended their slide on Friday, dragging the Nasdaq deeper into correction territory and pulling the S&P 500 closer to one.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Rates on 30-year mortgages jumped to 6.38% last week, reversing a slide that had carried them to their lowest levels since 2022 and threatening the spring home-buying season.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Use the arrow to move to the next slide.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

"Well," said Sam, looking back at the playground as they went through the door, "I might go down the giraffe slide just one time to be polite."

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry