slide

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China seems to be opting to let imports slide and use up its inventories, the analysts at Morgan Stanley said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The result was a two-day chip slide that on Friday dragged South Korea’s benchmark Kospi—heavily influenced by Samsung and SK Hynix—down more than 5%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

—European blue-chip stock indexes largely fall at the open as tech stocks slide and banks weaken, even as most sectors open in the green.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Baird expects Coinbase’s second-quarter revenue to miss Wall Street’s consensus estimates by around 5% to 6% due to a continued slide in volume growth.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

He capered out from under the porch where he lived in hot weather, and ran circles around us, dropping down to slide his hind end in the weeds.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck