sloping

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It was hard to run balls on to the greens because of the sticky approaches, but the sloping putting surfaces were often too firm to hold.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Fix the Fells' partnership manager Isabel Berry said the route's "sloping, slippery surface is currently difficult to walk on" leading people to use the areas at either side.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Foiling the visual expectations of a lifetime, the four-door’s glass roof joins the car’s sloping rear deck just over the rear axle, omitting a transparent panel of any kind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Respect that the stock’s 50-month simple moving average is now sloping higher for the first time in five years.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Only now the soil is several inches higher than it was, sloping upward behind the ladder.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron