slip
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See: The dollar’s global dominance is starting to slip.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
We slip into a packed barraca beside the traffic circle.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
And it did not take long for the movement’s “pro-woman” mask to slip after B.P.J.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
The bank fixed the error and gave him a deposit slip that read: “Correction, teller debited wrong account.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Her eyes slip to the office lady and back to me.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
Nvidia stock slipped Tuesday, extending losses from Monday’s session.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Journalists wrist-slapped Barack Obama in 2010 after he briefly slipped the press pool in Washington to attend his daughter’s soccer game.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
“This is a site that for some reason slipped through the cracks,” Hartman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
He was also part of the side who qualified for the Champions League in 2023 and 2025, before they slipped to 12th place in the Premier League last season.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
I told him good night and pretended to go back to the camp, but when he was out of sight, I slipped into the darkness of the trees.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Europe used to lead the pharmaceutical business, and while it’s still a considerable player, counting AstraZeneca, GSK, Novartis and Roche, its grip is slipping.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
—Gold prices were under renewed pressure, slipping back below $4,100 an ounce as investors await remarks from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The concept centers on the idea of accidentally slipping out of normal reality and becoming trapped in this monotonous, labyrinthine environment with no clear exit.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
One of OpenAI's most advanced models broke out of a locked-down test and attacked another company's website -- reviving fears that AI systems are slipping beyond their creators' control.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Instead, she turned her full concentration to not slipping on the wet moss of the forest floor and falling into the mud.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
The wind slipt over the hill And down the valley.
From Song-Surf by Cale Young Rice
Fifth row—knit one, slip one, knit two as one, and bring the slipt stitch over, and then knit one, make one, knit one, wool forward.
From The New Guide to Knitting & Crochet by Marie Jane Cooper
The apple gave me no pleasure, and I even slipt into the mill to escape from his cold, forbidding presence.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various
In descending from his chaise, one of his crutches fell, and a bonbonniere, of which the contents were dispersed upon the ground, slipt from the hand of his valet.
From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
So much lord Renier who slipt him in Revealed, that I might guile you.
From Yolanda of Cyprus by Cale Young Rice
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