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as in snuck
to move about in a sly or secret manner
slid gently into his seat without anyone else in church noticing
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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
Putts that had been falling slid past the cup.
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Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Tagovailoa slid to his right to buy time and was targeting slot receiver Malik Washington on the third-and-3 pass Latu jumped in front of.
—Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Bichette sits out Sunday Bo Bichette slid hard into home plate in Saturday’s sixth inning, cutting his left shin on catcher Austin Wells’ shin pad.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Carpenter slid across the floor with gusto, singing and shimmying her way through the set alongside queens Symone, Denali, Lexi Love and more.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Dell Technologies — Shares slid 2% after Dell Technologies announced Chief Financial Officer Yvonne McGill will resign, effective Tuesday.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Boys’ scores slid there, too — just not as steeply.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Plenty of guys have slid into her DMs, but none are local to her.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Beal showed me how to clip onto the zip line, then slid across with ease.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 29 Aug. 2025
Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Tagovailoa slid to his right to buy time and was targeting slot receiver Malik Washington on the third-and-3 pass Latu jumped in front of.
—Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Bichette sits out Sunday Bo Bichette slid hard into home plate in Saturday’s sixth inning, cutting his left shin on catcher Austin Wells’ shin pad.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Carpenter slid across the floor with gusto, singing and shimmying her way through the set alongside queens Symone, Denali, Lexi Love and more.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Dell Technologies — Shares slid 2% after Dell Technologies announced Chief Financial Officer Yvonne McGill will resign, effective Tuesday.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Boys’ scores slid there, too — just not as steeply.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Plenty of guys have slid into her DMs, but none are local to her.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Beal showed me how to clip onto the zip line, then slid across with ease.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slid
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Gas flow also affects stellar initial masses In another study, published in July 2025, astrophysicist Ke-Jung Chen led a research group at the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics using a detailed computer simulation that modeled how gas in the early universe may have flowed.—
Luke Keller,
Space.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Waterfalls of tequila flowed from enough bottles to lose count, including those in Aguayo’s group.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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The wildfires ignited Tuesday as a monsoonal storm crept north across the state, unleashing more than 9,000 lightning strikes, according to Cal Fire.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Wall Street’s fear gauge, the CBOE Volatility Index, surged 15% on Tuesday as jitters crept back onto Wall Street.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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Supporting star Jason Momoa walked the red carpet in a striking pink suit prior to the screening but snuck out with his entourage before the film played.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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Near Broadbelt’s home, a very small dog snuck out from behind a fence and barked at reporters on the sidewalk.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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Over time, as refrigerators became commonplace, butter dishes slipped into the background.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Sep. 2025
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By day’s end, the team has caught seven Asian swamp eels and documented the presence of many more that slipped through their nets.—
Wesley Bruer,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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On Wednesday, a similar scene closely followed as the funeral procession for Kansas City, Kansas, police officer Hunter Simoncic crawled along through the highways and streets in the community Simoncic worked to keep safe.—
Emily Curiel,
Kansas City Star,
3 Sep. 2025
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Eby crawled across a ladder over the water to the vehicle, then crawled back with the child on his back, the video shows.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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For weeks, the New York Ripper case has lurked on the periphery of the series — a boogeyman that the show kept hinting was someone in Dexter’s life.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Parasites lurked inside the fish and turned out to be a new species.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
26 Aug. 2025
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With a garland of white flowers in front of him, a lone rower kneeling in a wooden canoe glided toward the DuSable Bridge docks.—
William Tong,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2025
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Wearing a green track jacket and pearls, Billie Jean King glided out from behind the bar.—
Emily Bloch,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Aug. 2025
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Lines snaked around every outside court, contrasting sharply with the ones only in use for practice, sparsely and quietly populated with players honing their skills for the bigger stages.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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Hundreds of energized voters snaked around Union Square on Sunday afternoon, as New Yorkers sought one of the limited Zohran Mamdani Scavenger Hunt cards at the first clue stop.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Slid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slid. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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