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skid

verb as in slide against will

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Investigators later determined that the driver of a Chrysler 300 was traveling at a high rate of speed and skidded into the intersection, hitting a Chevrolet Cruze, injuring the driver, before striking the two pedestrians.

As it landed in the Canadian city, the plane skidded along the runway in flames before flipping over and coming to a halt upside down.

From BBC

No deaths have been reported after a plane landing in Toronto from the US skidded along the runway and flipped over, with flames visible for a brief time.

From BBC

"We skidded on our side, then flipped over on our back," he said, adding that "there was a big fire ball out the left side of the plane".

From BBC

Yet despite overwhelming scientific evidence screaming at us to reverse course, humanity just keeps burning more fossil fuels, skidding past climate goals, and ramping up consumption.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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