Example Sentences

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The man who died had been driving a small commercial vehicle, which is believed to have skidded and mounted the median strip.

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

In his preseason meeting with them Friday, Schmetzer challenged his players on why they might have skidded last season after feeling so elevated.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2023

No-one saw the moment he came off, but he was believed to have skidded off a wet stone and fallen through shrubbery, which separated the track and the ravine.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2022

Shares in the company, which have skidded 38 percent so far this year, tumbled nearly 10 percent to $20.55, a 3-1/2 year low, in midday trading.

From Reuters • Sep. 8, 2017

Then other men piled them by means of long steel chains and horses, just as they would have skidded them in the woods.

From The Blazed Trail by White, Stewart Edward