1.   If they start selling property now, that may accelerate the slide in the overall real estate market.

2.   In case of a downward move in prices, that could accelerate the slide.

3.   The yen began to accelerate its slide last month, when two Japanese banks and two brokerages failed.

4.   Those sales pushed the dollar down further and prompted additional automatic sales orders that accelerated the slide.

5.   In recent days, the Russian stock market has accelerated its slide and the ruble has come under intense pressure, prompting fears of a devaluation.

6.   Its economic slide was accelerated by floods this year and last that destroyed thousands of acres of farm land, resulting in an acute food shortage bordering on famine.

7.   Its economic slide was accelerated by floods this year and last that destroyed thousands of acres of farm land, resulting in a food shortage bordering on famine.

8.   Smaller-than-expected weekly export sales and concerns about foot-and-mouth impact accelerated the slide.

9.   Stocks accelerated their slide in the afternoon on arbitrage selling by both foreign and domestic investors following weakness in futures prices.

10.   Stock prices accelerated their slide in the afternoon session on rumors that a major Japanese company was in financial crisis, traders said.