slips
Example Sentences
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That version sounds wonderful, but it belongs to the first day the temperature slips below 70 degrees.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Spot gold slips 0.2% to $4,020.88 a troy ounce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
As a former writer for his employer’s website, Abnernathy links his layoff — as well as pink slips for two dozen former colleagues — to AI’s rise.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
She estimates she has suffered three major falls, along with numerous smaller slips, since the changes to her care routine.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
In July 1953, at the age of thirty-six, she slips on a white cap and gown and joins one other patient—eighteen-year-old Bert King, from Florida—for high school commencement.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
