downhill
Example Sentences
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Lindsey Vonn, 41 and with titanium implants in her knee, shocked the world with a downhill victory at a blistering pace in her first World Cup race in five years.
From Los Angeles Times
She is currently 69 points clear at the top of the overall downhill standings and ranked fifth in the overall super-G standings.
From BBC
She followed that with a downhill second place the next day and finished the weekend by finishing fourth in a super-G.
From Barron's
Over recent years, large dunes have started encroaching on the land in the village, while rolling desert sands have forced residents to shift further downhill, local pensioner Kakabai Baimedov told AFP.
From Barron's
“It is like a snowball that has been rolling downhill and growing and growing,” Curtis said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
