A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SLID

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