slid

verb

past tense of slide
1
as in sneaked
to move about in a sly or secret manner slid gently into his seat without anyone else in church noticing

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2
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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3
as in crept
to move slowly with the body close to the ground the convict escaped by sliding through the prison's ductwork

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Recent Examples of slid On Friday, the S & P 500 snapped a three-week advance , while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slid roughly 2% on the week. — Sarah Min, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026 During those periods, revenue slid as tax-paying workers lost jobs, and assistance payments jumped. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026 An in-house option for third base could be Bryson Stott, who has slid over there during the Phillies’ infield carousel to accommodate second baseman Luis Arraez, who the team nabbed at the trade deadline. — Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Streams of cool kids dressed in all-black tank tops, slip dresses and leather pants crammed into the old town, sipping cocktails as DJs slid faders. — Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026 Then there's the 24-year-old Sanders, who slid to the Browns in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026 Cole Martin, who primarily played safety for UCLA last season, slid down to defend the slot, while Malik Hartford played behind him. — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 8 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slid
  1. sneaked
  2. flowed
  3. crept
  4. slipped
  5. glided
  6. crawled
  7. lurked
  8. drifted
Verb
  • Trump reportedly snuck out of the plane and onto a catering truck that whisked him off to a smaller military jet for the return flight.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Here are a few of the more subtle hints, references and Easter eggs Disney Imagineers snuck into the showcase of what’s next at Disneyland and Disney World.
    — Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of sneaked
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  • Both Kpler and Windward showed around five ships – total – exited the Strait of Hormuz on the day Wright said 20 million barrels flowed out of the Arab gulf region.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • In Nebraska, millions of federal grant dollars have flowed to a statewide health information exchange nonprofit that has cooperated with the effort.
    — Jennifer D. Oliva, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of flowed
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  • Politics has crept into Florida classrooms under the DeSantis administration, and public school teachers are particularly vulnerable.
    — Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
  • By halftime, baldness crept between the hashmarks, especially on Highmark Stadium’s south end (to the right if sitting behind the Bills bench).
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of crept
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  • Houston slipped to 64-64 and saw its two-game lead in the AL West drop to one as Texas beat Washington.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Deadlines slipped, morale dropped and the team stopped trusting her judgment.
    — Terry Oroszi, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of slipped
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  • The way Brooks stomped, or glided, or moseyed into the end zone will be forgotten.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The countryside glided by, and Abdeen took in the moving sky and the fields.
    — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of glided
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  • To compile as comprehensive a list as possible, Szydlowski crawled Instagram and Reddit for photos of people wearing different types of smart glasses.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
  • As the whole team fought for their lives, Yerman, one of the only Marines with relatively minor wounds, crawled over to Capers.
    — Ethan Rocke, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of crawled
Verb
  • The city of Atlanta has jurisdiction over Hartsfield-Jackson, but the threat of a state takeover of the world’s busiest airport has lurked in the background of Georgia politics for years.
    — Tia Mitchell, AJC.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • But concerns lurked beneath the surface of an otherwise positive report.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of lurked
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  • Washington instead drifted to his right as Mendoza threw, allowing Woodaz to undercut and intercept.
    — Sam Warren, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • But now, Wright says Wendy’s has drifted from some of those qualities, telling investors that decisions made in the interest of cost and efficiency had degraded some of the food quality that set the chain apart.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of drifted

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