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slip

[slip] / slɪp /


NOUN
loss of foothold
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NOUN
decrease
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VERB
lessen, return to a lower quality
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"We've got teams standing by, we've got lawyers standing by, very focused on that. We don't want to let anyone down, we don't want to let anything slip away, and we've seen nothing."

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

“We’ve got teams standing by, we’ve got lawyers standing by, very focused on that. We don’t want to let anyone down, we don’t want to let anything slip away, and we’ve seen nothing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

In messages on Aug. 10, the two settled on a reference to private “hangar meetings” that Walker would slip into her message to Gates, specifically because, as Epstein put it, “he won’t forward that.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Gay had 20 when he edged towards first slip, where Daryl Mitchell moved too late.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Maybe he meant to be helpful in trying to keep me at home, but his old-fashioned expectations were revealing themselves like a sagging slip.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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