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skate

[skeyt] / skeɪt /


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Across the way, skateboarders do their thing on the Neighbors Skate Shop ramp, flipping and flexing, making sculptures out of their bodies in midair, while others double-dutch or Hula-Hoop in exacting harmony.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

"The level is crazy. I had to put a lot down to get here, but I am definitely bummed how we couldn't fully do a final," Brown told World Skate.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Tiffany Chin would go on to win a national championship, two Skate America titles and just miss a medal in the 1984 Winter Games, retiring before she was old enough to legally drink.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

Tomono is hoping to improve on a fourth-place finish at Skate Canada, where he was second after the short program but was pipped for bronze by compatriot Kao Miura.

From Barron's • Nov. 15, 2025

At Drontheim, in Norway, they have a regiment of soldiers, called Skate Runners.

From Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements by Porter, Rufus




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