But the results exceeded Wall Street's expectations and signaled that the company's steep, yearlong slide has apparently stopped.

The out-of-control slide has stopped and, for the most part, so have the job cuts.

Racer's slide stopped, and with no restraint on him, he lifted his head and plunged forward.

His head struck the rocks with jarring force, but the downward slide stopped.

In some of the most depressed states and regions, like the Southwest, executives say they see indications that the slide has stopped.

But now he knew that the downward movement had slowed somewhat and for a moment it seemed that the slide had stopped.

And then, all at once, the slide stopped...

Paul (3.8) pushed the wheelbarrow with the tubes inside and on reaching the small slide stopped and tried rolling them down it.

The slide eventually stopped when it collided with a large sandstone cliff at the base of the mountain.

Sales in stores open at least a year began declining in April 2000, and the slide has not stopped.