skate

Example Sentences

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“I love physical challenges. I’ve had to learn how to sword fight, ice skate, shoot a pistol, taekwondo, horseback riding. It’s like practicing to be this other person, and it kind of rubs off.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Every student gets a MacBook Air—an upgrade from the midrange laptops given to most Swedish high-schoolers—and lunch is free at a cafeteria perched above a cavernous indoor skate park.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 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

Earlier, US star Ilia Malinin won a third straight men's gold as he bounced back from missing out on an Olympic medal last month when he fell twice in the free skate.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

I came up sputtering, and realized I’d stepped on a skate, that diamond-shaped fish with a stinger tail.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor