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
But that’s what endears him to his fans, who appreciate the chthonic split between the aerial skate aesthete and the grieving empath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 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
There wasn’t any ice to skate on in Harlem, so I gave up following hockey.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
In addition to those quirky flavor names like Smokey Dokey and Here Comes Truffle, it was selling holographic roller skates and being pen pals with fans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Growing up in Quebec, the midfielder said he was fitted for hockey skates long before he tried on soccer cleats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Norwegians are famously born wearing skis and skates, but two-thirds of the country’s boys are still wearing soccer boots when they’re 11 years old.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Mark, on a skateboard, and Jacob, also wearing inline skates, followed a little more than an arm’s length behind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
A pair of ancient skates, hanging on a coat stand.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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
"Ami and Mone, who shared this experience with me, both skated with such strength that you wouldn't think it was their first Olympic Games," said Sakamoto, who had dominated the sport since 2022.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
The 12 Olympic rookies on Team USA skated as if they were stunned by the moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
After high school, McKinnon skated in tours in Europe and then North America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
They skated along through the next year and a half, but by 1932 only a few customers were coming in each day.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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
It provides investors with yet another reason to worry that the stock market is skating on thin ice.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 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 latter played Casey, a student with Ivy League ambitions whose interest in physics brings her to the figure skating world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
But then after a few minutes, he started skating right through the living room while Mr. Pignati and I watched television.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
