Maybe this means they're on their way back up, after the long slide down.

What has sent American tennis on its long slide down?

After a long slide, it now looks like the end of an era.

The city's hotel industry is in its second year of recovery after a long slide.

I tell you, the country is starting a long slide to collapse.

"This suggested that the long slide by the dollar might finally be over," he said.

Then, slowly, he started the long slide down the wire to the ground.

The move come after a long slide in the program's ratings.

If they do it again, the long, slow slide will continue.

He is of the opinion that the long slide began with a will to power.