skidding

Example Sentences

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But it didn’t take long for that to go skidding into a wall of paperwork and logistical concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

The agency’s rules touch virtually every facet of transportation safety, including regulations that keep airplanes in the sky, prevent gas pipelines from exploding and stop freight trains carrying toxic chemicals from skidding off the rails.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

UPS flight 2976, a cargo plane, crashed during takeoff at Louisville International Airport at around 17:15 local time on Tuesday, skidding off the runway and striking nearby buildings.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

As UBS analyst Robin Farley has pointed out, in her Neutral-rating notes, the KKR deal will only prove wise if the motorcycle maker can turn around its skidding sales.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

Behind the peach, skidding about all over the place in the peach juice, came the Mayor’s limousine, and behind the Mayor’s limousine came about twenty other limousines carrying all the important people of the City.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl