slipping

Example Sentences

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The Rhode Island family business that runs the club insists the wall was necessary to prevent the 14th hole from slipping into the sea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026

The Department of Interior also hasn’t issued a public statement on a death in Sequoia National Park, in which a teen was killed after slipping into a river.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

But the technicals are deteriorating with the metal slipping below the key $4,000 level.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

In its first-quarter update, Tesla no longer attached the first-half timing to those cities and instead described them as “Preparations Underway,” while spring reporting pointed to a rollout that was slipping rather than accelerating.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

There had to be hundreds of people milling about, everyone ignoring me, slipping past me like I wasn’t even there.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows