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slump
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slump
1. a decline in commercial activity, prices, etc.
2. Economics another word for depression
3. a slipping of earth or rock; landslide

slump [sləmp]
(geology)
A type of landslide characterized by the downward slipping of a mass of rock or unconsolidated debris, moving as a unit or several subsidiary units, characteristically with backward rotation on a horizontal axis parallel to the slope; common on natural cliffs and banks and on the sides of artificial cuts and fills.


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There will only be a problem if demand for the rest of the hog slumps and pulls cutout values lower.
Tracy cited past pitching slumps Carrara has worked his way out of as a reason to believe the right-hander will work his way out of this one, too.
If the permafrost thaws too rapidly for water to drain from the soil, the saturated sediment slumps into the lake.
 
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