skate
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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
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
Dezhyna, who leaves a faint floral scent behind her as she paces the streets, is lobbying officials to rebuild a skate park.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
We were hanging out in a skate park at the edge of the Meadowlands.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
Morgan said they hoped to build on the island's long history of shark research by raising awareness, supporting further scientific studies and helping protect sharks, skates and rays in Manx waters for the future.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
During the trial, Nancy Iskander testified that she began to cross Triunfo Canyon Road at Saddle Mountain Drive on inline skates with her youngest son, Zachary, next to her on his scooter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
Bikes, tricycles, roller skates and sidewalk games during the summer months were the norm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Nancy Iskander, at the criminal trial, testified that she began to cross on inline skates with her youngest son, Zachary, next to her on his scooter.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
There were a few fine prizes; roller skates, a catcher’s mitt, a doll with real hair and so on.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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
Shaw said they previously skated with their roller derby team in the parade.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026
After her final bow, she gracefully skated to the nearest camera and perfectly captured the turning tide of America’s Olympics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
Two days later, she skated a magnificent free programme to the disco sounds of Donna Summer and lit up the Milano Ice Skating Arena.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
I finally dropped his arm and skated away from him, and it wasn’t as hard as I’d thought it would be.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
He shaved his head and spent most weekends skating Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan, listening to hardcore punk and Joy Division.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Women's Olympic figure skating champion Alysa Liu has confirmed she will not compete during the 2026-27 season.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The two girls are thrown together by their mutual commitment to their passions, science and skating.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
But it is yet another straw in the wind that the stock market is skating on thin ice.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
"You're not skating on your hands, Bess," George said.
From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene
