slide

Example Sentences

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Barely contained by screen, it resembles a microscope slide teeming with bacteria.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

We’ll find out soon enough: On paper, the U.S. team should be able to beat its first two opponents, Paraguay and Australia, and slide into the knockout rounds as a favored seed.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

Shares continued to slide the following day and ended Friday’s session in the red.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

China seems to be opting to let imports slide and use up its inventories, the analysts at Morgan Stanley said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Slowly, she let her stomach slide off the tree, feeling the water creep up to her waist.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret