glisser

Il semble qu'elle ait glissé, se soit accrochée, puis soit tombée.
Looks like she slipped, grabbed the edge of the deck as she went over.
Je ne crois pas que mon double ait glissé sans faire d'essai avec une sonde.
I don't believe for a moment that my double would slide without first testing it with a probe.
Malheureusement, il semble que la politique de l’Organisation de l’aviation civile internationale ait glissé ces derniers temps vers une autre position.
Unfortunately, it seems that recently the policy of the International Civil Aviation Organisation has been leaning towards a different position.
Il est inquiétant de voir que l'équilibre entre la recherche fondamentale libre et la recherche dirigée par le profit direct ait glissé aussi fort au détriment de la recherche fondamentale.
The balance between basic and applied research is shifting disturbingly to the detriment of the former; disinterested enquiry is losing out to more utilitarian-style work.
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