"slide" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- "The precipitous downward slide of previous decades has been arrested," he said, "and we have begun the long climb back to reasonable standards."
- Vacancy rates were down and rents slowed their precipitous slide.
- He felt that his precipitous slide into the black hole had never happened.
- Clawing at the sloped surface, he was finally able to stop his precipitous slide.
- He managed to brace one foot, but their precipitous slide continued.
- It was such jawboning in February that began the dollar's precipitous slide against the yen.
- While the Sept. 11 events exacerbated the problems, the city's precipitous fiscal slide predated the attacks.
- More recently in Zimbabwe, a suspect election has contributed to a precipitous economic slide and laid the ground for political strife.
- Late in 2007, the rand rallied modestly to just over 8p, only to experience a precipitous slide during the first quarter of 2008.
- It was a bad sign, warning of a precipitous downhill slide in the tone of the debate.
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