slide

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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

The result was a two-day chip slide that on Friday dragged South Korea’s benchmark Kospi—heavily influenced by Samsung and SK Hynix—down more than 5%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

She appears trapped in a yellow tunnel, which is actually a slide at Chick-fil-A.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

“Or according to me,” Magic said with a twinkle in her eyes, “you could use it to slide down a hill really, really fast!”

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el