as in to dip
to go to a lower level especially abruptly
the local economy skidded when the last manufacturing plant moved away
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Recent Examples of skid
Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
The Rubicon trim, as always, means serious off-road gear: locking differentials, disconnecting sway bars, beefed-up axles, skid plates, and tires that look like they’re meant to roll over Volkswagens.
—New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2025
Luca Evans, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Never use the brakes suddenly because this may cause the car to skid.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Since June 12, the Mets went 38-55 – an unfathomable skid considering their early dominance.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
The Rubicon trim, as always, means serious off-road gear: locking differentials, disconnecting sway bars, beefed-up axles, skid plates, and tires that look like they’re meant to roll over Volkswagens.
—New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
The Colts went after him in Week 2 like few teams have in Surtain’s career, and Chargers receiver Quentin Johnston wrestled off Surtain to go skidding for a 37-yard gain in Week 3.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Never use the brakes suddenly because this may cause the car to skid.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skid
Verb
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Trans-Atlantic cargo shipped from New York to Rotterdam also dipped 2 percent to $830 per container.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Oct. 2025
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What must count in Dobson’s favour is his consistency across all nine league games, thanks in part to energy levels that rarely seem to dip.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Turns out, that was just the beginning of what would become a long, slow slide for Costner.—
Peter Kiefer,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Oct. 2025
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The best response from Piastri will be to deliver on the track in Austin next week and to stop the recent points slide toward Norris and Verstappen.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Zay Flowers, who finished with a receiving line of 5-for-72, fell a yard short of a long TD on a 56-yard gain.—
Michael Salfino,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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City administrator echoes points other municipalities have stated Brown presented a series of slides and data pieces that, among other facts, showed the city has lagged further behind in terms of property revenue increases falling short of 3% inflation on existing services on average.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That's what is an arbiter, success and, as an Olympic diving judge would tell you, the degree of difficulty of the dive.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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To put things into some perspective, Chelsea rank highest in the Premier League for yellow cards for dissent/arguments and dives since the 2022-23 season.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In the two weeks that followed, the peso tumbled 8% against the dollar.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Easy to roll your eyes at from the opening scene and increasingly pigheaded in all of the ones that follow, Man-su starts off a long way from likable and tumbles much lower in our estimation from there.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Before the final push by Bell that ended in the interception, the Blue Raiders’ defense made a stop at their own 10-yard line when linebacker Asher Saintelus was able to stop the powerful plunge by Sela.—
Pat Wheeler,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Oct. 2025
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Separately, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières said that as Port-au-Prince plunges deeper into crisis marked by violent clashes between police and armed groups, the charity’s doctors are seeing a rise in the number of civilian casualties at its facilities.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Agency officials and spokespeople declined to speak to ProPublica.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
10 Oct. 2025
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Trammell Crow declined to provide further details on the permit filing, including information on a construction timeline.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Taxpayers footed much of the bill for the trip that took him far from the five boroughs.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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The brand recently expanded its fall collection to include even more travel-ready styles, such as puffer jackets, wrinkle-resistant pants, and flattering dresses that can be worn multiple times on your next trip.—
Destinee Scott,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Skid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skid. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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