slumps (over)

present tense third-person singular of slump (over)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slumps (over)
Verb
  • The New York Mets’ and Detroit Tigers’ collapses.
    Levi Weaver, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Moments later, Young collapses.
    Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • So much for doing good when capitalism plops an offer at your feet.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Outside, seagulls squawk; a crane lifts sand and plops it on a boat.
    Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As if that isn’t enough, Isa’s plunks a tamarind-coated straw and a gummy snack on top.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • According to a recent holiday travel report from Google Flights, the average price of airline tickets tends to be at its lowest for domestic Thanksgiving trips 39 days before departure.
    Michelle Baran, AFAR Media, 29 Sep. 2025
  • There are ghosts and spirits, horror episodes, trips back into the ‘70s, the odd touch of a Western.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • That timeline could shrink if a massive fraud wipes out public confidence in the Internet.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Dalio also warned that the most misleading signals come near the top, where easy credit boosts spending, asset prices climb, unemployment falls.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
  • And if the burden falls on local authorities, the global non-government organization (NGO) predicted annual costs could reach 200 million pounds (about $269 million) by 2035.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Slumps (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slumps%20%28over%29. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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