• Visitors should wear warm clothes and winter boots to keep from slipping on the frozen floors.

    BBC: Two castles, built icicle by icicle

  • The Cabbie turned in, his clammy sweating hands almost slipping on the steering wheel.

    NPR: 'Arson' by Nick Lysohir

  • Girls whose schools ban the socks can be seen furtively slipping on the forbidden leg-wear after class.

    CNN: A SOCK TO THE SYSTEM

  • His transformation into an action-hero involves grabbing his trusty garden tool, donning his son's baseball catcher's vest, and slipping on roller-blade kneepads.

    CNN: Review: 'Mystery Men' a hoot of a spoof

  • In YouTube videos that have racked up 18 million views, the robotics firm sets its four-legged, 235-pound, deer-size automaton climbing over rocks, slipping on ice and stumbling through mud.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • He instructed them to smooth out the wrinkles around their heels and little toes, then hold the sock in place while slipping on the shoe, all so they would avoid blisters.

    WSJ: NCAA Tournament: It's All About the Socks

  • Fortunately for them Hull were even shakier and before the half-hour mark Torres doubled the lead, slipping on to a Benayoun slide-rule pass, nonchalantly rounding Ibrahima Sonko and Myhill before clipping into the net.

    BBC: Liverpool 6-1 Hull

  • Up in the rooms infotech seminar leaders are slipping on company-logo polo shirts, wondering if they should hang up their towels or leave them on the floor for washing and thereby cause irreparable harm to the environment.

    FORBES: The Camels of Innovation

  • "Definitely, " she said, slipping on dark sunglasses.

    WSJ: The Ghosts of New Orleans

  • Post pampering, compare notes with other hardcore skiers at the Argenta Pub over a pint of beer or glass of wine before slipping on snowshoes for a short trek through a lantern-lit forest to The Yurt, where you can treat yourself to a five-course meal, prepared right before your eyes by a private chef.

    BBC: Daily deal: Two nights at Solitude Mountain

  • Democrats seem inclined to take a step in the right direction on the former while slipping backward on the latter.

    FORBES: How To Lure Foreign Investment To The U.S.

  • With a little luck, you may even see a rare and elusive Florida panther slipping past you on his way to dinner.

    BBC: Florida��s newest wildlife refuge

  • In Wisconsin, conservative candidate Tommy Thompson put some of the blame for his slipping poll numbers on the Romney campaign and conservative commentators, including former GOP speechwriter Peggy Noonan, have depicted the Romney team as floundering.

    CNN: Obama, Ryan trade charges on Obamacare and Medicare

  • Indeed, the likely date of the first round of enlargement keeps on slipping: supposedly it is 2002, but 2005 now looks a much more plausible date for admitting the first new countries, and even that could slip.

    ECONOMIST: The void in Europe

  • That is to say, iPhone prices will continue to fall (again, we are talking mostly what carriers pay Apple, not what retail prices are in the U.S. although there are signs those are also slipping a bit on average).

    FORBES: Apple Earnings Analysis Live! More Cash for Shareholders but Where to From Here?

  • Gabon's slim hopes of qualifying were dependent on Cameroon slipping up but ultimately their campaign ended in defeat to Togo.

    CNN: Egypt secure dramatic playoff

  • With the pressure on, and the match seemingly slipping away from his side, Collingwood turned on the style as he made the fastest Test ton of his career and his first since an innings of 128 at Chester-le-Street against West Indies in June 2007.

    BBC: Collingwood elated to end bad run

  • British duo Phillip Price and Luke Donald also struggled on day four, slipping back from joint third overnight to a share of 17th after rounds of 77 left them on five under.

    BBC: SPORT | Golf | Singh clinches Pro-Am title

  • "It is not over, there are still a lot of games left, but it depends on Manchester United slipping up, " he said.

    BBC: Benitez hangs on to title hopes

  • Meanwhile in Somerset, the Burnham-on-Sea lifeboat crews dealt with the longest shout of the summer - nearly 18 hours - when they joined the search for four-year-old Dylan Cecil, who drowned last month after slipping from a jetty while on a family holiday.

    BBC: RNLI blames 'tricky' weather for SW lifeboat launch rise

  • Hamilton followed them home in fourth, slipping backwards in the closing stages on his 'medium' tyres.

    BBC: Brilliant Button wins in Bahrain

  • Khasi tribal elders are worried that their fragile hold on ancient traditions is slipping.

    CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | A Royal Tribe Under Threat

  • Xavier Rush replaced Powell at half-time and was soon on the scoreboard, slipping past some weak defence for Blair to convert.

    BBC: Cardiff Blues 62-20 Calvisano

  • Birmingham looked bewildered and a lack of concentration resulted in them quickly slipping further behind amid wild celebrations on the south coast.

    BBC: Portsmouth 2-0 Birmingham

  • After slipping to 19-2 early on, the Namibians were then in trouble at 66-6 but 62 from Nicolaas Scholtz helped the Africans to post a total of 213-9.

    BBC: Ireland seal win over Namibia

  • The authorities in one country will have ordered state supervision out of concern for the welfare of a child and the convention seeks to prevent the family from slipping through the cracks by moving on.

    BBC: Prof Peter McEleavy

  • The yield on the 30-year Treasury note was also down, slipping to 4.35%, from 4.37% on Friday.

    FORBES: Market Scan

  • It was Laulala who created the Welsh team's first try chance, committing two defenders while slipping the ball out to Leigh Halfpenny on the right wing.

    BBC: Blues 18-17 Edinburgh

  • Going forward I hope to take a far more skeptical approach across the board, and to avoid slipping into partisanship as much as possible on issues of education reform.

    FORBES: Against Tribalism in the Education Reform Debate

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