slumps (over)

present tense third-person singular of slump (over)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slumps (over)
Verb
  • Canvas collapses what has typically been a fragmented production chain into a single workspace.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 June 2026
  • If the cost of producing a complex tax plan collapses toward zero, what exactly is the client paying for—and who keeps the fee?
    Carrie McCabe, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Then a volcanic eruption plops a curious soft echidna’s egg in his path.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 12 June 2026
  • After Hancock waits an hour or so for the drone to descend, the moment arrives and the drone plops Hancock’s syrup directly onto the concrete, which isn’t a good sign.
    Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • My now-husband and I were newly a couple and still working out the kinks and crumples in an evolving relationship.
    Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The man crumples to the ground while the officer turns to walk away as the other officers stand by.
    Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The movie plunks us down at Mar-a-Lago, where Melania struts out the door and into the back of an SUV, which will take her to the red-white-and-blue private plane painted with the word TRUMP that’s waiting for her at the airport.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Each January, Stoever makes a maximum contribution to a Roth IRA and plunks another chunk of cash in a solo 401(k).
    Ryan Ermey Lauren Shamo, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Early on in the clip, Jake Johnson’s former tennis star Dusty Boyd trips over the net and injures his wrist in a bad way.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 June 2026
  • Longer trips sail to Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico.
    Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026
Verb
  • Continue reading … LINES REDRAWN — Supreme Court greenlights Alabama GOP map that wipes out a majority-Black district.
    , FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
  • Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist and a former Google executive, has warned in the past that there is a 10% to 20% chance that AI wipes out humans.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Otherwise, falls, trampling, injuries and deaths could occur.
    Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • Leah Lewis stars as introverted Ellie, who falls for popular girl Aster (Alexxis Lemire) while writing love letters to her on behalf of a male friend.
    Rachel Simon, Vulture, 19 June 2026
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“Slumps (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slumps%20%28over%29. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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