the skids
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Once-popular momentum trades that showered investors with outsize rewards last year finally hit the skids.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 7, 2026
But with his memory on the skids, how long can that last?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
On Piastri's car, three of the skids were worn lower than the 9mm permitted minimum thickness - two at the front by 0.04mm and 0.26mm and one at the rear by 0.1mm.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025
"I don't see a lot of people putting the skids on this, except lots of lawsuits that we're seeing and injunctions," he said.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025
Charlie pushes through the swinging doors to the back of the bakery and sets down the bundle on one of the skids.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
