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slip along



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“Sometimes they give us information, yes we’re going to act, but then we slip along the same way.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2022

The thinking cut channels in which I now slip along.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2019

“There’s only so much a classroom teacher can do for behavior issues or emotional outbursts,” said Ms. Casanova, who has received a pink slip along with all 282 counselors in the district.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2013

In essence, the fluids can act as lubricants between two abutting rock faces, helping them to suddenly slip along the boundary.

From Scientific American • Jan. 4, 2012

And what a delight it would be to paddle towards them, and slip along canal-like streets and tie up by second-floor windows and look at all the odd views and strange reflections.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman