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bobsled

[bob-sled] / ˈbɒbˌslɛd /
NOUN
sled
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NOUN
toboggan
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Saturday’s medal was her sixth in Olympic bobsled competition.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 21, 2026

O’Brien’s rise to Olympian in the two-person bobsled, the second-fastest sliding sport of the Winter Games, has been even swifter.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 19, 2026

"I am aware of the diatribe the commentator directed towards the Israeli bobsled team on the Swiss Olympic broadcast today," he wrote.

From Barron's Feb. 17, 2026

Meyers Taylor’s earliest Olympic ambitions didn’t involve bobsled, ice, or even the winter Games.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 17, 2026

A great delight it was to feel that certainty again, to know that I could steer my fortune and the world’s chance like a bobsled down the steep, dangerous hour.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

After the Dutch team’s out-of-nowhere success in Vancouver, other countries began calling Eurotech about making their bobsleds, and by the 2014 Sochi Games, the company was working with both the Netherlands and Canada.

From Washington Post Feb. 19, 2022

The bobsleds entered the assembly line for their final ride of the day like planes readying to taxi.

From New York Times Feb. 17, 2022

Cold-weather sports require gloves and goggles and helmets, duffel bags bulging with hockey sticks, rifles for biathletes and four-man bobsleds the size of grand pianos.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 31, 2022

Bodine helped create the “Bo-Dyn” project, one where the same principles that went into auto racing were turned into ways to build faster bobsleds.

From Seattle Times Dec. 9, 2020

And away both bobsleds dashed, and the great race was on.

From The Rover Boys on a Hunt or The Mysterious House in the Woods by Stratemeyer, Edward

She told Olympics.com she’s returned to bobsledding in a “very different body,” but she feels motherhood has given her a new level of strength.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2026

Michelle has her hopes, this fearless young woman who took to bobsledding on her second time down the track.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 16, 2026

Indeed, Herschel Walker’s athletic record made him a state icon—he’s not only a former college football and NFL star, but he once also competed on the Olympic bobsledding team.

From Slate Oct. 12, 2022

When she left softball, she joined the world of bobsledding, where she had some breathtaking victories and met her husband, fellow bobsledder Nic Taylor.

From Washington Post Feb. 14, 2022

"I used to do a lot of bobsledding myself," said the professor, who was well liked by nearly all the cadets.

From The Rover Boys on a Hunt or The Mysterious House in the Woods by Stratemeyer, Edward




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