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skip

[skip] / skɪp /




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And, more importantly, why did he skip the Indian capital, Delhi?

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Many California students who plan to apply to UC skip the tests, and many of them also apply to USC, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Hodge of Natixis CIB thinks there are several reasons for the Fed to skip hiking rates in October.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Brits who want to see the 11th-century relic say they’re being treated like Taylor Swift fans on Ticketmaster while American tech billionaires, luxury hotel guests and museum sponsors get to skip the line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

“Keep it simple, Novis. Very clever people tend to skip the basics.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Petar Doitchinov, a 67-year-old retired engineer, said he had skipped the first round because he expected a runoff,.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

“I don’t care who wins in the 40th,” said Orange County Democratic Party Chair Florice Hoffman, who skipped voting in the race.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Mine is that I put in the hours, skipped trips I wanted to take and turned down a chance to go part time at 58 because I wanted us secure.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Patel, who skipped the UK in 2011 never to return, was eventually convicted in his absence and in 2023 was handed a 20-year prison sentence.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Suitcases swinging by their sides, Penelope and the children half skipped and half tumbled down the grassy slopes, only stopping when they were winded and could no longer catch breath enough to laugh.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

This is reflected in his campaign’s perhaps oversimplified yard signs, the majority of which carry only two words “Sununu, Senator,” prompting plenty of residents to wonder if he’s deliberately skipping listing his first name.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026

Others have also pointed to a cultural shift with more people skipping clubs for sober social events.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Except when the moment arrived, she inexplicably dodged it, skipping the song’s first chorus and soft-pedaling the second — an anticlimax for the ages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

In a few seconds the CrossWave had squirted to its top speed of 55 mph and was skipping across the gentle swells in a blaring, brutalizing ecstasy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Movement: Have students physically move across the floor staff, first sequentially and then skipping line to line and space to space, reciting the letters as they go.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin


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