slip
Example Sentences
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Ireland, who slipped to fifth in the world rankings for the first time in nearly four years after losing to France, responded three minutes after the restart through Jack Conan.
From BBC
And at these Olympics, America’s ice dancers and mixed-doubles curlers have seen gold slip from their grasp, while the country’s best figure skater practically had it around his neck.
After a slight slip on the quad lutz, Shaidorov kept his head when all about were losing theirs and produced two clean quad techniques of his own.
From BBC
Malinin’s performance was so disastrous that he slipped from first place all the way down to eighth.
Stocks slipped Friday after U.S. consumer prices rose 2.4% in January, cooler than economists’ expectations.
From Barron's
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