glissade
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But the body found Monday was a bit south of the spot where hikers typically glissade — on a steep, icy section of trail known as the 99 Switchbacks, according to Stine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
From hiking a few miles to learning how to use an ice ax and glissade down a mountain, we trained and grew stronger together to ultimately reach the summit.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2022
She went to see Lauren Anderson — one of the first black ballerinas to become a principal dancer in a major company — glissade across the stage at the Houston Ballet.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2018
You reverse what you tried for going up and aim for the sandiest places in order to glissade down.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2014
For the glissade, Nancy glided over a few feet to the left.
From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene
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But as I glissaded down the slope, it seemed to me also that a part of him might be pleased by our gesture, simply as an indication that his books had gotten read.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2014
He glissaded from, the austere altitudes of his self-respect, and his next words were already disingenuous.
From Love and Mr. Lewisham by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Then slipping, feet foremost off the ledge, he glissaded down on his back, bending his knees at the exact moment when his feet thudded heavily on to the sand.
From The Mistress of Shenstone by Florence L. (Florence Louisa) Barclay
As he did so two of her companions came sliding down to their assistance, and the four glissaded back to the deck-house amidst several inches of very cold water as the following roll began.
From The Dust of Conflict by Harold Bindloss
Once we seemed to have escaped and glissaded swiftly down.
From Leaves in the Wind by A. G. (Alfred George) Gardiner
At about 7 a.m., around 300 dancers — boys and girls, men and women — took turns glissading across the concrete at 44th Street and Seventh Avenue, which was transformed into a scene from “Fame.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2019
Now they can, on a U.S. tour with the Ice Capades, which features the pair glissading and grinning all the way.
From Time Magazine Archive
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They roll out a cake for the dancing duos, who pucker up and blow out the candles before glissading into a waltz.
From Time Magazine Archive
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When you are glissading down a snowy Alpine slope, you cannot stop when you like, though you strike your alpenstock ever so deep into the powdery snow.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Alexander Maclaren
“The snow is often a little treacherous in a place like this, herr; and as it is so loose we shall have to be careful about glissading when we get beyond the rocks yonder.”
From The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps by Frederic William Burton
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