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skate

[skayt] / skeɪt /


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Pike's victim was Colleen Slemmer, a 19-year-old originally from Florida who loved to roller skate, smile and help others, according to descriptions given by her friends and family.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 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

Students ski at the college’s Nordic center, skate at the Sidney J. Watson Arena, and borrow outdoor equipment from an extensive gear library.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Go to the roller rink the next town over and skate in circles with the elementary school kids.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

You have exactly what you need and don’t need roller skates to get around it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

In the basement: what I believe are my first pair of hockey skates, a broken papier-mâché Groucho Marx puppet, and a Green Bay Packers helmet I hand-painted in fourth grade.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

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

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

That looked so attractive I went and put my skates on.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

Kate said she was unhappy with the response and felt the health board "skated over" the issues, adding that doctors should have "realised sooner that it wasn't just a skin condition".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

In Minnesota’s Game 3 double-overtime loss to the Stars, Hughes skated a whopping 6.35 miles—the most anyone has logged in a single game all season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

Jonas grew up on 11th Street in Santa Monica near the BroadStage, and always skated close to the theater.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 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

I hadn’t gone three steps when my feet skated and I fell painfully on my ass.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Some buildings are still closed, but many have been renovated or reimagined, like one damaged structure that has been turned into an outdoor skating rink.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 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

While her last break was an effort to get away from skating, Liu told NBC Sports that this time she will continue training to improve her “overall artistry, spins, jumps, everything.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

The two girls are thrown together by their mutual commitment to their passions, science and skating.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

He also made sure that she got to her skating lessons on time.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield


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