as in fell
to go to a lower level especially abruptly
the local economy skidded when the last manufacturing plant moved away
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Recent Examples of skidded
Within seconds, the entire plane skidded to the side and caught on fire and left a massive trail of flames.
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Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
The puck skidded behind the net before Reinhart collected it at the red line and fired the puck back toward the net on a nearly impossible angle.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
Read All About It Two people were killed when a cargo plane skidded off a runway at Hong Kong International Airport after striking a ground service vehicle, sending both into the sea, officials said.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
Upon avoiding vehicles, the Honda skidded sideways between the first lane and the emergency lane, and rolled at least three times, ejecting the driver.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
Our truck skidded to a stop outside a 14-story building pockmarked with shell holes.
—Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Captain Brett skidded onto a flat and cut the motor.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
In 2022, a Boeing 757-200 cargo aircraft operated by DHL skidded off a runway and broke apart after an emergency landing in Costa Rica.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2025
Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett were climbing into the Indian seamers in South London to set up a series win, but at 92-0 and 129-1, the freedom went into overdrive, skidded off the road and let the pursuers off the hook.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skidded
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The at-bats were brief and uneventful, the opposite of the approach that carried Toronto to this stage and felled Snell in Game 1.—
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That says a lot about the 2025 Red Sox, who were a top offensive team in many metrics, but were also felled by their bats in crucial spots throughout the year and postseason.—
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Erdoğan changed course in 2023 and brought in new central-bank leadership who jacked interest rates to nearly 50 percent and plunged the country into a recession in a desperate effort to restore credibility.—
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Shares have plunged more than 20% over the course of those two days.—
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The trend is not shiny, glass mosaics, but rather tumbled stone in subtle, natural colors.—
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Memory storage plays — Data storage stocks tumbled as investors continued to cash in after their recent run-up.—
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Wash With Soap and Water As a final step, dab the area with a cloth or sponge dipped in slightly soapy water.—
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The number of teachers on the payroll dipped, too, by about 17% in 2022 and 2023 before creeping back up in 2024 and 2025, according to data provided by Epic.—
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Since the mandate, neural tube defects have dramatically declined in almost every single ethnic population except for Latinos, according to Jaffery.—
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Wiener declined to answer the question in either direction.—
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The couple's appearance comes just days after Cher appeared on Shepard's Armchair Expert and dropped a few awkward moments with the hosts.—
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On Philadelphia's final drive, Brown dropped a pass on third-and-five from quarterback Jalen Hurts that went right through his hands.—
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Streetlights flickered before large parts of the city were plunged into darkness, as a thick fog settled over the streets and temperatures plummeted to –5 degrees Celsius (23 degrees Fahrenheit).—
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Its value has plummeted more than 800% since then and stands around 1,500,000 rials against the dollar as of this week.—
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“Skidded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skidded. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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