Downhill [adjective]

Landslides — the sudden failure of a slope, sending a rush of rocks and sediment downhill — can be triggered by anything from an earthquake to an intense deluge of rain.

Let’s hope I don’t need to fish for downhill metaphors to describe the markets this week.

Then we’re running downhill on the vaccines because the pipeline gets better and better.

Turning downhill a bit more frequently on pick and rolls and leveraging his improved rim-finishing and free-throw shooting would be a good place to start.

As fun as it is to climb on, in general, rando race gear isn’t all that fun to ski downhill, even inbounds.

Our weather goes downhill somewhat into Inauguration Day, and we could even see some snowfall.

Since heat rises, fires usually burn uphill, but in the Bear Fire, two enormous flame heads raced 22 miles downhill, a line of tornadic plumes spinning between them.

In Yachats, on Oregon’s central coast, water treatment plant operator Rick McClung said so much mud washed downhill after logging there that he had to stop using one of his two water sources for two years.

Either way, picture empty trails through a wide-open forest and, unlike downhill ski resorts, little in the ways of lines, lodges, and costly tickets.

On real terrain, inclines and declines of all sorts will affect the rider’s experience and constantly alter the amount of force required to push the bike depending on whether it’s traveling uphill or downhill.