A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SLID

Sun, 10 Mar '24
Avoided a tag, in a way
Wed, 15 Nov '23
Lost traction
Mon, 2 Oct '23
Lost traction
Tue, 13 Dec '22
Lost traction
Tue, 22 Nov '22
Reached base in a cloud of dust, say
Fri, 8 Jul '22
Dropped, as in the rankings
Sun, 23 Jan '22
Declined
Fri, 17 Sep '21
Took a dive