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

Technical analysis points to a summer slide, according to Fundstrat’s Newton.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

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

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

A stock-market rally on Monday helped reassure some investors that a sharp slide late last week was just the latest buy-the-dip opportunity that will deliver yet another V-shaped rebound.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

"Even if they tell me I have to do the giraffe slide, I'm not going to do it."

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry