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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
The forward deked past the goaltender, backhanded the puck into the net and then slid into the boards.
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Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The contractors started moving toward an access hatch, and one was able to reach it, but the other slid about 85 feet down the pipe, deputies said.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
The clothing chain slid more than 6% after a JPMorgan downgrade to neutral from overweight.
—Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
The 8th house slid into the ocean nearly 24 hours later.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Experts determined that Gaza City had slid into famine shortly before Israel launched its major offensive there aimed at occupying it.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
By September, those numbers slid further to 32 percent approve / 54 percent disapprove, for a –22 net rating.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The patio door slid open, and Miss Sammie entered, carrying an aluminum-foil pan filled with rib bones, Jean’s mama trailing behind her, hands full with pitchers in need of refilling.
—David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Students slid back into debt for school meals.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The contractors started moving toward an access hatch, and one was able to reach it, but the other slid about 85 feet down the pipe, deputies said.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
The clothing chain slid more than 6% after a JPMorgan downgrade to neutral from overweight.
—Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
The 8th house slid into the ocean nearly 24 hours later.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Experts determined that Gaza City had slid into famine shortly before Israel launched its major offensive there aimed at occupying it.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
By September, those numbers slid further to 32 percent approve / 54 percent disapprove, for a –22 net rating.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The patio door slid open, and Miss Sammie entered, carrying an aluminum-foil pan filled with rib bones, Jean’s mama trailing behind her, hands full with pitchers in need of refilling.
—David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Students slid back into debt for school meals.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slid
Verb
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Subtle fabric draping featured at the waist, which flowed into a column skirt.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
6 Oct. 2025
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Nearly 43,000 applications flowed in after the state opened applications in May.—
Rachel Wegner,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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Over the past few years the NHL has crept closer to MLB in valuations.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Alabama and Ole Miss vaulted into the club with big wins, while Texas A&M crept into minus-odds territory with a home win against Auburn.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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But Browning just threw one up to Ja’Marr Chase for the ice-breaker then hit him on a bomb and then snuck another one in on a simple flag route to Tee Higgins.—
Michael Salfino,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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The Jimmy Kimmel Live host's longtime rival snuck onto the show disguised as Frankie Focus, the new mascot for New York education who was introduced in tandem with the state's school cellphone ban.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Oct. 2025
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For a date night out, Sánchez then slipped into a daring crimson number by Vivienne Westwood, the design featured a low neckline and and ruching that added an extra leggy element to the look.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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Over the last 40-plus decades, Springsteen has slipped all 10 of its songs into setlists, whether on solo tours and with the E Street Band.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
6 Oct. 2025
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After a disastrous trip to Mexico where Irina appeared repulsed by pretty much everything Zack did, the couple split and Zack crawled back to Bliss.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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Just as Ted Lasso began life as a promo for NBC’s English Premier League coverage, Chad Powers crawled out of a gag on Eli’s Places, Eli Manning’s post-retirement ESPN+ program, in which the former Giants quarterback hides under prosthetics to pose as an aspiring Penn State walk-on.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Was Blass’s mental block a sign of what lurked on the other side of these quotidian failures?—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
28 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
Verb
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Yohannes delivered a long ball from Lyonnes’ half that Chawinga glided onto, catching Earps off her line and lifting it past the English goalkeeper to find the back of the net.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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Elsewhere, Mariacarla Boscono glided through in Gucci, Donatella Versace traded words with Grigor Dimitrov, and a sea of Bottega Veneta clutches dotted the crowd.—
Sofia Viganò,
Vogue,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Tree roots and ivy creepers have also snaked through the stonework.—
Barry Neild,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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The line snaked at least a half mile through Westgate and across north 95th Avenue to the west and north 93rd Avenue to the east.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Slid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slid. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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