slip
Example Sentences
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The major indexes slipped Friday, finishing the week in negative territory—with one exception.
From Barron's
He said the likely cause of the accident was a slip or fall, and there were no precautions that could reasonably have been taken to prevent their deaths.
From BBC
Rory McIlroy hit four shots into the water in an erratic second round at the Dubai Invitational as he slipped out of the lead.
From BBC
All of which is deeply ironic, considering Miami’s famously checkered history of slipping cash to players.
Exuberance faded in Asia, however, as Japanese stocks slipped and the yen rallied after the country’s finance minister promised to intervene to support the falling currency.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
