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[skid] / skɪd /


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Chip makers, including Intel, Micron and AMD, closed Monday on their worst two-session skid since March, an abrupt halt to a torrid weekslong rally.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Not even the pharmaceutical distributor’s second straight guidance hike this year could stop the skid.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Max Muncy and Dalton Rushing each hit two home runs as the Dodgers snap a two-game skid with a 12-3 series-splitting win over the Colorado Rockies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

Police officers are analysing skid marks on Jupiter Island's 30mph South Beach Road to gauge the speed of the 82-time tour winner's car while attempting his ill-fated overtake manoeuvre.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

In horror he watched the mast skid lower and still lower until he knew he had to do something, anything.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen




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