skating

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This analysis suggests that the S&P 500 will be skating on thin ice over the next few quarters.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Hughes is the NHL’s perpetual motion machine, the defenseman who never stops skating.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Carlsson then evened things at 3-3 less than two minutes later, backhanding the puck over Canuck goalie Nikita Tolopilo while skating away from the crease for his 29th goal of the season.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Eventually we learned I had an immune condition; I also had mono, which felt cosmically unfair considering I had not yet been kissed and suspected I’d contracted it from the skating rink water fountain.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

“I had no idea skating was so dangerous. You could have broken a leg, fallen unconscious, been run over by a car. Give the skates to me. Now!”

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord