skate
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Other tour boats skate around the limestone coast fringed with wind-blasted greenery.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
You may have seen Elsesser’s face staring back in brand campaigns for everyone from Calvin Klein to Tommy Hilfiger or bought his signature line of Converse skate shoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 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
Indeed the skate wheels were rusted and the doll’s hair was dust filmed as though these things had waited there a long time like Little Boy Blue’s toy dog and tin soldier.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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Many prefer soccer, a sport I find akin to hockey in slow motion played not on skates but in slippers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 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
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
Each time, the 30-something Staal could have easily hung up his skates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
I don’t think I would have fallen down if I hadn’t been wearing the roller skates, but Norton just picked up the oscilloscope and beat it.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
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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
Then the game started—and the U.S. skated into a new era of American hockey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
Then she put on a gold dress, skated to Donna Summer and breezed to the top of the podium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 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
We skated for a moment without talking, the polka music oompahing along.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
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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
Alysa Liu is stepping away from skating again.
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
I’ve been to a couple of her birthday parties, and she came to one that I had at the skating rink the year I turned eight.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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