skate

Example Sentences

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What a shame, considering a three-dimensional approach might be all “Obsession” needs to skate past mediocrity.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 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

His aim, he added, had simply been to get through the free skate “in one piece.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

The feel of the skate tools in my hand, the rough scratch of the tape, the spin of the freshly Speed Creamed bearings.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx