skids

Example Sentences

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“It’s about being in the room where it happens, where deals are getting done or at least where the skids are getting greased,” says Charlie Sultan, president of Concur Travel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Once-popular momentum trades that showered investors with outsize rewards last year finally hit the skids.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 7, 2026

Writer-director Michael Shanks plays their discordant musical taste like a minor joke among all the major reasons why their codependent relationship has hit the skids.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

And that the car was subsequently found to have worn its skids too much.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

In the closest lane, another car skids to a stop, and the car behind it narrowly misses rear-ending it.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden