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present tense third-person singular of slide
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as in sneaks
to move about in a sly or secret manner slid gently into his seat without anyone else in church noticing

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as in crawls
to move slowly with the body close to the ground the convict escaped by sliding through the prison's ductwork

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slides

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noun

plural of slide

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Verb
  • Lee Jung-jae returns as Seong Gi-hun and is joined by Lee Byung-hun, who plays Front Man, the game’s leader; Wi Ha-jun, who plays Hwang Jun-ho, a detective who sneaks into the game in search of his brother; and Gong Yoo, who plays the Recruiter, who initially invited Gi-hun to play the game.
    Peter White, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Until, that is, a drag queen sneaks into the party and tips a bucket of blood over her head from on high.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • These are known as meteotsunami because they are caused not by underwater earthquakes or landslides but by metrological conditions.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
  • While the San Andreas Fault—California's primary fault line—is not prone to generating major tsunamis, other offshore faults and underwater landslides could pose a localized tsunami risk.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Iran’s footprint fades into near-irrelevance, and Russia’s once-firm hand slips into strategic ambiguity.
    Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Posen slips a pincushion onto his forearm.
    Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Slides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slides. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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