Their lead in the N.L. wild-card race slipped to four games over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
With the race slipping away from Clinton, her team has redoubled its efforts, with its researchers scouring Obama's background.
As my father departed this life, he handed on his sense of obligation, like a baton in a relay race, slipped it into my unsuspecting hand.
Dempsey, a bronze medal winner in Athens, was in a position to win any of the three medals when his race began, but he could only finish seventh in the final medal race, slipping back to fourth overall.
Have you ever felt a race slipping away from you after a strong start?
The next time race slips its way into your judgment, take a step back and wonder how much of your prejudice is warranted.
The series points leader, Will Power, led 82 laps but dropped to eighth after a late-race slip.
Now, with that day's racing slips still scattered about the stands, everything that can be removed is being sold off: the ticket booths, the Jumbotron, the jockeys' impossibly small, narrow bunk beds.
The nun would miss the race, but slip away in time to make it to the teenager's cheerleading competition that evening.
Turning the corner and seeing the finish line, seeing my sister at the finish cheering, having an enthusiastic race volunteer slip my medal over my head.
