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slide

[slahyd] / slaɪd /


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The 13% slide, driven by discontent with quarterly results in which the Google Services unit missed analyst expectations, weighed on major U.S. stock indexes and fueled a drop in the Nasdaq composite.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The 115-foot-long shuttle descent slide at the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center goes very fast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The Real Madrid manager celebrated Kylian Mbappe's late winner at Barcelona on Sunday with a trademark knee slide, as he maintained his midas touch over their bitter rivals.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

SpaceX rises but neocloud stocks slide after Elon Musk says they face “guppy-level death and consolidation.”

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

By the time I slide into my workstation, I’m soaked through with sweat and my hands are shaking.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

The AEX slips 0.3% in Amsterdam, where Adyen slides 12% after dropping its midterm target.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The Action slides highlighted growth in “FTE patients”—an abbreviation typically used to mean “full-time equivalent.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Tesla jumps after the EV maker unveils its new Roadster sports car, but CoreWeave slides as AI jitters carry on spooking the market.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

He slides the check to whoever is still sitting there.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

The door slides shut just as the voices outside approach.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Tech stocks slid across the globe after earnings from Google and Samsung reignited investor worries about how companies can make money from AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Net profit slid 25 percent from a year earlier to $26.2 billion in the July to September period, or $2.12 per share, well short of expectations by analysts surveyed by FactSet.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Shares initially slid in Seoul before recovering later in the session.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

I slid down that trail with my leg dragging behind me and injured my right knee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Alex slid across from Selkie and climbed onto the coconut raft.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

Lovely, slidden pass by Tielemans, and a lovely, calm, delayed finish by Iheancho.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2021

The earth, saturated with moisture, had slidden like an avalanche from the steep rugged slopes, and huge boulders, tilted from their muddy beds, were thrown into the glens below.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by William Cornwallis Harris

Then—he collapsed, falling as if the slab on which he stood had slidden from under him, and remained—flattened tense, wide-eyed, and dangerous.

From The Way of the Wild by Harry Rountree

He had slidden to the end of his tether,—the other end of which was fast to the drogue drifting about in the sea, as already said, on the opposite side of the carcass.

From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Mayne Reid

I am glad you like 'Roland,' which I did myself for half the first No.; but he has slidden out of my favour since that.

From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Edmund Downey

Shares of Marvell Technology are sliding on Thursday as investors assess the financial implications of a possible deal to purchase optical-networking company Lumentum.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

The front end of the van could be seen sliding into the sinkhole, as water continued to gush out from the ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

A large glass sliding door opens to yet another deck, which is just a stone’s throw away from the ocean.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

A major Mattel MAT 5.11%increase; up pointing triangle shareholder is calling for the toymaker to explore strategic alternatives, as the company deals with a sliding stock and now a chief-executive transition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

“Sunridge is asking for copies of updated transcripts by the end of February,” she says, sliding a piece of paper across her desk to me.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam


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