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as in flowed
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
at this point the river slides along its banks with barely a ripple
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Recent Examples of slid
Soon the waiter arrived, flicked a button on a remote control, and what had appeared to be a fancy mirror on the wall behind Lynch slid down and morphed into an enormous screen.
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Michael Silver, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
However, Witt slid in ahead of the incoming tag.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
Ward and his friends set their crates down in pairs, slid them open and gently tilted the boxes.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
The ball slid right underneath his glove, allowing two runs to score, and Semien to end up at second.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
Cruz was ready for it and came charging off the mound and slid to snag the ball.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Tech stocks slid Tuesday after The Wall Street Journal published a report warning that ChatGPT-maker OpenAI was falling short of revenue and user targets, fueling concerns about whether the tech industry’s multitrillion-dollar investment in AI will eventually pay off.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026
Then came the second surge from the crowd, as Ohtani slid across home plate and the Dodgers spilled from their dugout.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Once outside, Nataliia slid into the back of an ambulance and was rushed to the nearest burn center.
—Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
Michael Silver, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
However, Witt slid in ahead of the incoming tag.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
Ward and his friends set their crates down in pairs, slid them open and gently tilted the boxes.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
The ball slid right underneath his glove, allowing two runs to score, and Semien to end up at second.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
Cruz was ready for it and came charging off the mound and slid to snag the ball.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Tech stocks slid Tuesday after The Wall Street Journal published a report warning that ChatGPT-maker OpenAI was falling short of revenue and user targets, fueling concerns about whether the tech industry’s multitrillion-dollar investment in AI will eventually pay off.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026
Then came the second surge from the crowd, as Ohtani slid across home plate and the Dodgers spilled from their dugout.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Once outside, Nataliia slid into the back of an ambulance and was rushed to the nearest burn center.
—Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slid
Verb
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During intermission, Petra snuck upstairs to the backstage area and played with crafts alongside the young performers.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
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The 76ers snuck into the playoffs after having some struggles all season.—
David Troy OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Either way, in a major victory, traffic flowed much better every day this year than previous years.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
3 May 2026
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Part of the inspiration flowed from the ultra-rich intellectual environment.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
Verb
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Every scene that would otherwise communicate pandemonium is rendered in the language of sub-Ryan Murphy slop, as if a movie whose production costs reportedly crept toward $200 million could only afford a few extras at a time.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
27 Apr. 2026
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Since then, the Phillies have gone 3-15, and the Giants have crept back into the land of the living.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The biotechnology stock slipped almost 2% after the company only slightly increased its full year forecast.—
Davis Giangiulio,Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
1 May 2026
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Mission slipped into 2025 because ULA needed more Vulcan rocket hardware beyond Cert-2 and the two USSF missions that took priority over the Dream Chaser flight.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
Verb
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At last, the whale glided into the barge.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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Makar glided past Taylor Ward early in the second period and fired a beautiful wrist shot for the Conn Smythe Trophy winner’s second goal in two games.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The next day, steady rains caused the F1 Academy race to be cancelled and the first 20 laps of the Miami Grand Prix to be crawled behind the safety car.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
2 May 2026
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San Francisco wasted opportunities to score in the second and third, loading the bases in the latter frame, but the Giants crawled their way back to a tie.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
1 May 2026
Verb
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But within the house, violence lurked like flammable gas.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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The short answer is that a wide gulf exists between rumor and fact and Swalwell lurked in that gray space, living and thriving in the shadows between provability and denial.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
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By Wednesday’s Game 5 of this first-round playoff series against the Toronto Raptors, the motto had drifted down toward the bottom of the giveaways, and the font size shrank.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Their most familiar neighbor was the occasional manatee that drifted by their home.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Slid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slid. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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