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skate

[skayt] / skeɪt /


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He founded his first company, Westbeach Snowboard, in 1979, to sell surf, skate and snowboard gear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Other tour boats skate around the limestone coast fringed with wind-blasted greenery.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

You may have seen Elsesser’s face staring back in brand campaigns for everyone from Calvin Klein to Tommy Hilfiger or bought his signature line of Converse skate shoes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Most accounts of the American Revolution skate right over the ill-fated invasion of Quebec in 1775, months before the Declaration of Independence.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

Go to the roller rink the next town over and skate in circles with the elementary school kids.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

Many prefer soccer, a sport I find akin to hockey in slow motion played not on skates but in slippers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Head coach of the Steel Queens' elite squad, Beth Dias-Scoon, swapped roller blades for ice skates at the age of seven.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

In the basement: what I believe are my first pair of hockey skates, a broken papier-mâché Groucho Marx puppet, and a Green Bay Packers helmet I hand-painted in fourth grade.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Each time, the 30-something Staal could have easily hung up his skates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

There was no need to smile or tell a joke or run for roller skates.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

In her memoir, Yes Please, she thanks her parents for always clapping when she roller skated in the driveway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Kate said she was unhappy with the response and felt the health board "skated over" the issues, adding that doctors should have "realised sooner that it wasn't just a skin condition".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Pro 7, which ran an advertising campaign in which their mascot held an Olympic flame or curled, skated or bob-sledded down a supermarket aisle, was fined a total of 550,000 euros.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

From the white arm chair positioned near the corner of the rink, Glenn hyped Liu up during the final group’s six-minute warmup, dancing along to K-pop songs and cheering each time Liu skated by.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

He wore a large black hat that looked like a raven with widespread wings, and a velvet vest across which the patina of the centuries had skated.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Some buildings are still closed, but many have been renovated or reimagined, like one damaged structure that has been turned into an outdoor skating rink.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

In warmer weather, you can rent kayaks, wave runners and paddleboards or take a seasonal cruise aboard the Lake Lawn Queen; winter brings cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, ice skating, ice fishing and sledding.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

"I always want to challenge myself in new ways, so my artistry & skating can evolve. It's important to me that my sport reflects my personal growth," she wrote on Instagram.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Kim Cattrall, who played Panettiere’s mother and figure skating coach in “Ice Princess,” said Panettiere was “gone far too soon” and shared a photo of the two from the Disney film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Its function was to produce ice, store the perishable goods of exhibitors and restaurants, and operate an ice rink for visitors wishing to experience the novelty of skating in July.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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