skate

Example Sentences

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What a shame, considering a three-dimensional approach might be all “Obsession” needs to skate past mediocrity.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

Another, whose identity we are not revealing, adds: "I want to see a skate park or a pump track or a dirt track – more that the kids can do and enjoy."

From BBC • May 20, 2026

During 74 regular season games in 2025-26 he logged 307 miles—enough to skate from the Wild’s arena in St. Paul to Milwaukee.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Johnson was playing for the Nottingham Panthers against Sheffield Steelers in October 2023 when he was hit in the neck by the skate of opposing player Matt Petgrave.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

I held the skate edge and scraped it against the locker, over the words, and in a few seconds it was a barren waste of squiggles.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely