Then, all at once, things begin to slip out of control for Miles.

Even slipping away for just a few hours is an act of will.

Or if it could have been slipped through off the record, for that matter.

The smile on the man's face slipped for a moment.

However the band slipped out of the top six for the first time since 2003.

They would continue to slip for months, but the process had begun.

Still, she slipped one in her pocket for future use.

The Cards slipped from first for just four days during the season.

Revenue slipped 1 percent, to $19.4 billion, for the company over all.

But exports slipped for the first time in three and a half years.