lacing
Example Sentences
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And on Sunday night, as America was heating up nachos for Super Bowl parties, Team USA’s skaters were lacing up for their own winner-take-all showdown.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
It also feels like a moment — to use a sports metaphor, which I’m not an athlete — that you’re lacing up your shoes.
From Salon • Sep. 13, 2025
He admits to targeting another summer or two as an England player, but doubts he will follow Anderson lacing up the boots into his fifth decade.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025
He said that in 15 years of lacing up his cleats, he could only recall one minor muscle pull.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2025
But my father stopped her and she laughed and we took turns sitting on the woodpile and lacing up the skates.
From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt
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