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The company, which also owns brands like Woodford Reserve and Old Forester, is sliding toward a third consecutive fiscal year of declining sales.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

To better understand these deep events, the team examined seismic data from the Cascadia Subduction Zone in the Pacific Northwest, where the Juan de Fuca plate is sliding beneath the North American plate.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025

For many households, debt is piling up, costs for essentials such as utilities and home insurance are mounting, and sentiment about the state of the economy is sliding.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 4, 2025

Another benefit of playing Mara or Kyle more is sliding Bilodeau onto smaller defenders and preventing him from having to guard players who present their own matchup problems and tend to draw more fouls.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2024

The cloud is sliding away from the sun.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson