as in dips
to go to a lower level especially abruptly the local economy skidded when the last manufacturing plant moved away
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Recent Examples of skids
Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 10 Feb. 2026 Cargo plane skids off runway in Hong Kong An Emirates Boeing 747 cargo plane skidded off the runway after arriving at Hong Kong International Airport and landed in the sea, according to airport authority. —Clara McMichael, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025
Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026
Verb
The former is a ring on the bottom of the rock that skids across the ice, and the latter is a band around the sides of the rock that collides with other rocks (ideally knocking an opponent’s rock off the bull’s-eye or nudging your team’s closer to it). —Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 10 Feb. 2026 Cargo plane skids off runway in Hong Kong An Emirates Boeing 747 cargo plane skidded off the runway after arriving at Hong Kong International Airport and landed in the sea, according to airport authority. —Clara McMichael, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
If your vehicle skids, gently steer in the direction of the skid to regain control. —Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skids
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Somewhat distressing at the national level were the 24 states that experienced job market dips over the past year.— Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
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After coming out from behind a giant Etch-A-Sketch, Jackson dips, spins, and does his famous moonwalk while the NSYNCers hype him up and beatbox behind him in a half-circle.— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
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In slides prepared for a recent briefing of medical professionals, California health officials forecast a potential modest wave of COVID in the late summer and early fall.— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
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His traveling kit included films, lantern slides, projection equipment and a phonograph.— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
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Lawrence, though, is widely regarded as a top-five player at his position, whereas Greenard falls around 15th among edge rushers in most meaningful metrics.— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
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The 44% theory Steve Dittmore admits that his research interest, the relationship of athletics and enrollment at small colleges, falls pretty far outside of the mainstream, even in the already-niche world of sports and higher ed.— Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 24 Apr. 2026
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The flagellar bundle falls apart, and the cell tumbles.— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
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This setting uses more water and tumbles linens gently to keep them from getting twisted.— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026
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Last Sunday, Zamiqua Miller, 33, died in NYPD custody in Brooklyn Central Booking after two trips to the hospital within a 24-hour span.— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
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On longer trips, riders can additionally bring along a second set of folding solar panels.— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Apr. 2026
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Ernaux’s signature method of resisting interpretation and incarnating the past plunges us into this girl’s experience.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
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Architectonics takes this murky style and plunges it to a new deep, incorporating the bronze gong and chime sounds of gamelan while burying his rhythms in dense, dubby layers of incense smoke.— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
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At the same time, the USPS has become increasingly dependent on package delivery as first-class mail declines, making large customers like Amazon even more important.— Barbara Booth, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2026
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Brandenburg-Koch declines to talk specifically about the Busfield case.— Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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Erdős also noticed that the score drops if all of a set’s numbers are large—the larger the numbers, the lower the score.— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
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Garcia runs away screaming toward a third officer and drops the stick before he’s pushed down into a bed of bushes growing along the street curb.— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Skids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/skids. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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