skidding

verb

present participle of skid
as in falling
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 skidding Trent Grisham homered twice and hit a go-ahead double in the seventh inning as the New York Yankees erased an early deficit and pulled away for a 10-5 victory over the skidding Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night. — CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 The car toppled a large oak tree and stopped skidding near Hills and Dales Road. — Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026 The 24-year-old Italian was mixing woeful drop shots with regulation misses (Sinner made 54 unforced errors in the first three sets) against Kecmanović, who was serving brilliantly and skidding the ball through the court. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 29 June 2026 While the artificial intelligence chipmaker is up about 12% in 2026, shares have been skidding in the past month, losing roughly 3%. — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 22 June 2026 Quick turns can result in tires skidding and damaging the turf. — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2026 Braxton Ashcraft struck out 11 in six innings, Ryan O’Hearn and Nick Gonzales homered, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the skidding Minnesota Twins 9-3 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. — ABC News, 31 May 2026 The driver seemingly spots the student and attempts to brake, skidding into the grass to the right of the bus and striking Abby. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026 Five cars heading straight for us, skidding and swerving in crazy figure eights. — Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skidding
  1. falling
  2. tumbling
  3. plunging
  4. dipping
  5. declining
  6. plummeting
  7. dropping
  8. sinking
Verb
  • Brokerages price crypto like an asset class, a few dozen basis points and falling.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • International benchmark Brent crude surpassed $100 a barrel last month, while also falling near $70 a barrel.
    — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of falling
Verb
  • People come to hike among sandstone caves and chase waterfalls tumbling peacefully into blue-green pools.
    — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 9 Aug. 2026
  • White, the former Illinois secretary of state, is on the Snowballs’ advisory board, and Emmanuel McGhee, the tumbling team’s head coach, is also a coach for the Snowballs.
    — Chris Placek, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of tumbling
Verb
  • Meanwhile, many owners of Wildberries pickup points face lost revenue amid the plunging deliveries.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Production later climbed above 3 million barrels a day before decades of neglect, corruption, expropriations, economic collapse and US sanctions sent output plunging.
    — Fabiola Zerpa, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of plunging
Verb
  • The average loan size on refinances continues to shrink, dipping to $282,200 last week, the lowest level since June 2025.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
  • People spent a bit less on electronics, autos and auto parts, as well as gasoline thanks to gas prices dipping month-to-month.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of dipping
Verb
  • Farage did not give a victory speech after declining to attend the declaration, claiming police had warned of a campaign to disrupt it.
    — Reagan Yip, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Is the town’s population growing or declining, and by how much?
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of declining
Verb
  • That corresponds with the city’s overall vacancy rate plummeting to its lowest point in nearly 60 years.
    — Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Odds of a hike fell to as low as 25% on Friday, plummeting from over 60% at the start of the month.
    — Benzinga, Freep.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of plummeting
Verb
  • The odds of the Clarity Act passing into law this year have plummeted in recent months on the Polymarket and Kalshi prediction platforms, dropping to around 20% from a peak of around 80% in the first few months of the year.
    — Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • After using unconventional tactics, such as water-dropping helicopters, LAFD crews knocked down the fire and returned the property to Lineage for cleanup.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of dropping
Verb
  • Together, the three women are forced to confront old wounds and find out whether what still binds them is strong enough to keep them from sinking.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Terafab is asking the state to cover the difference of the maintenance and operations (M&0) and interest and sinking (I&S) taxes using the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation, or JETI, program.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of sinking

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