as in fell
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 skidded
The Mando movie took a 69% drop at the domestic box office in its second weekend, while Masters of the Universe skidded 71% in its second frame.
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Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
Paul, wild with concern, leaped from his mount and skidded down the bank.
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Dolores Brown,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
As the ball skidded past Caglianone, Houston’s Joey Loperfido scored the go-ahead run.
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Kansas City Star,
14 June 2026
The ball skidded against the dirt and deflected off the base over Bryce Harper’s head.
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Liana Handler,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
In the video, a red car skidded across the intersection after investigators say it was rear-ended by a white Land Rover.
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Ted Scouten,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
In 2015, Kathmandu was closed for multiple days after a Turkish Airlines plane skidded off the runway while landing in dense fog, per the outlet.
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Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
The ball skidded though the green, banged off the Truist fencing and boomeranged right back into the same bunker.
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Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
10 May 2026
In 2015, a Turkish Airlines jet landing in dense fog in Kathmandu skidded off a slippery runway shutting down the airport for several days.
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ABC News,
10 May 2026
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
Paul, wild with concern, leaped from his mount and skidded down the bank.
—
Dolores Brown,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
As the ball skidded past Caglianone, Houston’s Joey Loperfido scored the go-ahead run.
—
Kansas City Star,
14 June 2026
The ball skidded against the dirt and deflected off the base over Bryce Harper’s head.
—
Liana Handler,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
In the video, a red car skidded across the intersection after investigators say it was rear-ended by a white Land Rover.
—
Ted Scouten,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
In 2015, Kathmandu was closed for multiple days after a Turkish Airlines plane skidded off the runway while landing in dense fog, per the outlet.
—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
The ball skidded though the green, banged off the Truist fencing and boomeranged right back into the same bunker.
—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
10 May 2026
In 2015, a Turkish Airlines jet landing in dense fog in Kathmandu skidded off a slippery runway shutting down the airport for several days.
—
ABC News,
10 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skidded
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Aalto University / Mahdi Asgari History is filled with stories of the great being felled by the puny.
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And those are the lucky ones, who weren’t felled by late-season injuries and bumped from the tournament the way Brazil’s Rodrygo, Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma and Germany’s Serge Gnabry were.
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The importance of that relationship became clear in 2025, when live cattle imports plunged by more than 50%.
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Oil stockpiles at the critical oil hub of Cushing, Oklahoma, have plunged to the bare minimum of what is needed to operate.
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New-home construction tumbled, then stayed depressed for over a decade.
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At Mariposa Market in Willits, grocery items, wine bottles and other merchandise tumbled from shelves, leaving aisles littered with broken glass and scattered products.
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Gas dipped below $4 a gallon for the first time since March.
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World Cup sensation Freddy dipped his toes into the country music world in epic fashion.
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The Dadar Parsi Colony Gymkhana declined to comment because the matter is before the courts.
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Starmer's popularity has also declined amid a persistently high cost of living, sluggish economic growth and criticism over his acceptance of gifts from wealthy donors.
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Another ten minutes on the train over to the terminal – yes, the terminal our flight dropped us at originally.
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Tom Kim dropped two shots at the wrong time and shot 72.
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As housing values plummeted, millions of Americans, many of them stuck with outsize mortgage debt, lost homes to foreclosure.
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According to the report, animals are staying in the facility longer, animal deaths have increased and vital transfers to outside rescue organizations have plummeted sharply from over 4,700 down to just 1,159.
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“Skidded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skidded. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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